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On dry soil and moss. Alt. 6-40 m. Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Loubet Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Loubet Coast

Rubble slopes behind the shore, beneath the anemometer tower, Alt. 40 ft. Berntsen Point, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

With bryophytes and grass, Alt. 2000 ft. Above tarn, north side of Mount Usborne, Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

North-facing, sheltered boulder, Alt. 152 m. 2 km. south-west of Endurance Glacier, Elephant Island. South Shetland Islands

Slopes behind shore, Alt. c. 40 ft. beneath the anemometer tower, Berntsen Point, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On Chorisodontium turf on steep, Alt. 350 ft. Above point between South Point and north-west, tip of Moe Island. South Orkney Islands

Sandy soil and moss between stones. Alt. 200 m. N end Active Sound, Joinville Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On Polytrichum alpestre - Chorisodontium aciphyllum bank close to shore, Alt. 3 m. Below Factory Bluffs, Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On north-facing Polytrichum/Chorisodontium banks, Alt. 250 ft. Observation Bluff, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Dry rock ledges and pockets of soil. On Polytrichum alpestre banks. Alt. 10-35m. Largest island off Takaki Point, south end of Grandidier Channel. Antarctic Peninsula

On bryophytes (Pohlia nutans, Cephaloziella) Alt. 75m. NE Moraine Valley, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Amongst tussock, Alt. c. 50 ft. Behind the old whaling station, above Pig Point, Prince Olav Harbour. South Georgia

On quartz-mica-schist boulders and stones, Alt. c.100 ft. Behind B.A.S. station, Borge Bay, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On soil on dry rock crevice facing north, Alt. 20 m. Susa Point, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

On dry, west-facing moss bank, Alt. 300 m. Slopes to west of Mount Duse, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

North-facing slopes on rock, North shore of Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

North-facing slopes on rock outcrop surrounding magnetometer hut along Meek Channel, north shore of Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

On Polytrichum alpestre- Chorisodontium aciphyllum banks. Alt. 5-20 m. Rasmussen Island, near Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Moist peaty soil below cliff. Alt. 10-15m. North-west corner of Darboux Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula

Humus on boulders, locally common, Alt. 70 ft. Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Danco Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Usually on Drepanocladus uncinatus on dry rocky substrate. Avian Island, Henkes Islands. Antarctic Peninsula, Fallieres Coast

Usually on moss (Bryum, Bartramia etc). Neny Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Fallieres Coast

Local on soil and moss. Near base hut, Horseshoe Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Fallieres Coast

Near the hut, Blaiklock Island, Loubet Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Loubet Coast

Moist north-facing rock face, Alt. 50 ft. Promontory on west side of Falkland Harbour, Powell Island. South Orkney Islands

On Drepanocladus uncinatus on dryish rock ledges. Avian Island, Henkes Islands. Antarctic Peninsula, Fallieres Coast

On peat banks, Alt. c. 20 ft. North shore of bay, north-west of Sandebugten, Barff Peninsula. South Georgia

Steep E face lava flow. Wet. Alt. 45-230 m. Lava flow on the E of Stonethrow Ridge. Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

Very steep slope 15m x 300m. N to NE facing. Alt. 170-250m. Lava flow below Mt Kirkwood, SE of ridge behind Argentine Basin. Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

Polytrichum alpestre banks. Alt. 20-30 m. Mt Alexander, NE Joinville Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Lagoon Island, Laubeuf Fjord, Marguerite Bay. Antarctic Peninsula, Fallieres Coast

Dry soil on ledge. Alt. 300 m. "Reptile Ridge", Middle Windscoop, Adelaide Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Loubet Coast

Mossy ledges and soil below cliffs. Alt. 15-25m. Green Island, Berthelot Islands. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Moist bryophyte-covered fine scree, Alt. 75 m. Wander Valley, Bird Island. South Georgia

On dirty rock surface, fairly exposed, Alt.327 ft. summit of Scar Hills, Hope Bay. Antarctic Peninsula, Trinity Peninsula, East Coast

Lichens on the scoria, boulder surfaces, mosses in the crevices. Alt. 200m. Steep lava slope to the N of the small lake to the NE of Mt Kirkwood. Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

Amongst liverwort on large lava boulder. Alt. 100 m. Mixed Pickle Cove area, Marion Island. Prince Edward Islands

Moist shaded rock ledge amongst mosses. Alt. 10 m. Leonie Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On moist Cephaloziella. North side of Leonie Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Amongst Andreaea on moist rock ledges and steep rock face. Alt. 8 m. Cliff above mid-east side of Rothera Point facing SE, Adelaide Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On mossy rocks, Alt. 200 ft. North side of Observation Bluff, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Over grass and shrubs, near summit of Mount Longdon, Alt. 550 ft. near Port Stanley, East Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

Moist moss-covered rock face, Alt. c. 20 ft. Knife Point, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Moist gravel. Eastern shore of Lago El Parrillar, Peninsula Brunswick, Depto. Magallanes, Prov. Magallanes. South America, Chile

In small mats in crevices in a rock near the sea, mostly on the landward side, sheltered and damp. Alt. 5 m. Boulder Beach (Transvaal Cove). Prince Edward Islands

On slope. Alt. 600 ft. Empetrum-heath on slope southwest of settlement, Weddell Island. Falkland Islands

In errosion fissure in Polytrichum alpestre bank above north coast, Alt. 5 m. Galindez Island, Argentine Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On rocky outcrop above penguin path, southern slopes of Nuggets Creek. Macquarie Island

Grassland near whaling station. Alt. under 25 ft. Ocean Harbour. South Georgia

On stones in damp hollow in recently exposed glacial plain. Alt. under 25 ft. In front of Konig Glacier. South Georgia