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Stony waste ground on foreshore. Alt. under 25 ft. Just south of whaling station, Husvik. South Georgia

Hestlesletten, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Moist stony slope. Alt. 85m. W side of Cape Hansen, Coronation Island. South Orkney Islands

2 km south west of Mt. Ifould. Macquarie Island

By stream from waterfall, Alt. c. 100 ft. Above shore at west end of King Edward Point, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

On south-facing damp rock ledge amongst Chorisodontium aciphyllum, Dicranoloma subimponons and Tortula robusta. Alt. c. 8 m. Above north side of King Edward Cove. South Georgia

Dry, stony tundra association with Acaena tenera. Alt. 450 ft. Gull Lake, near Grytviken. South Georgia

On rock near snowline. Alt. 1000 m. Fiordo Andrew, Prov. Ultima Esperanza, Magallanes Region. South America, Chile

Polytrichum banks on north-facing slope, Alt. 20 ft. West of factory, Leith Harbour, Stromness Bay. South Georgia

Wet broad rock ledge. Alt. 80 m. Between Moraine Valley and Rusty Bluff, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Wet rocks with Andreaea and Racomitrium, frequent. Alt. 25 m. West side of Cape Hansen, Coronation Island, near lake. South Orkney Islands

Moist rock face above shore. Alt. 2 m. West side of Olivine Point, Coronation Island. South Orkney Islands

Wet ledge at base of north-facing rock, Alt. 150 ft. By south-west shore of Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

In flush area by stream, Alt. 20 ft. Stream running from south side valley , behind Rosita Harbour. South Georgia

Fuegia media, Lago Linch, Cerro Chico, reg. alp. South America, Chile

On soil under rock overhang. Alt. 1008 ft. Outcrops at summit of Fox Bay Mt., West Falklands. Falkland Islands

North facing slopes of S valley towards eastern end. Alt. 200 ft. Husvik. South Georgia

Chile, Prov. de Nuble, Recinto, Las Trancas, El Purgatorio, in terra argillosa ad catharractarum, 1200 m.s.m. South America, Chile

On rocks in streams, not submerged, Wamiati, Canterbury. New Zealand

On branches of beeches, Wamiati, South Canterbury. New Zealand

Snowy Point, coastal Victoria Land. Antarctica, Ross Sector

By edges of stream, damp forests, Te Ohu, Seventy Mile Bush, Hawke's Bay, North Island. New Zealand

On branches of bushes overhanging streams in dense bush, Kelly's Range. New Zealand

Edges of streams in forest, Wamiati, Canterbury. New Zealand

On gravelly soil in bush. Moana, Lake Brunner, c. 300 ft. New Zealand

On moss, Alt. 138 m. slopes behind shore 3 km. SW of Walker Point, Elephant Island. South Shetland Islands

On Andreaea on boulders, Alt. 250 m. Mount Alexander, Joinville Island. Antarctic Peninsula

With Usnea antarctica, Alt. 70 ft. Overlooking Stella Creek, Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

On Polytrichum alpestre and Chorisodontium aciphyllum bank, Alt. c. 150 ft. Area inland from Samuel Islands. South Georgia

Moist rocks and ledges, Alt. c. 100 m. Above King Edward Point, south side Mount Duse. South Georgia

Wet rocks and crevices on north-facing hillside, Alt. c. 275 m. North side of Brown Mountain. South Georgia

In Tortula, moist, Alt. 500 ft. North-facing rock outcrop west of Craigie Point, Right Whale Bay. South Georgia

Outer zone around fumarole, Alt. c. 75 m. South slopes of cone, Bellingshausen Island. South Sandwich Islands

Dry rock surfaces. Yellowish/black. Alt. 10-30 m. Roman Four Promontory. Antarctic Peninsula

Maritime rocks, abundant over large areas of rock, Alt. 10 ft. Burntside, Darwin, East Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

Dry rocks, stones. White. Alt. 10-25m. Refuge Islands (largest island), South Marguerite Bay. Antarctic Peninsula

South end of Bird Island. South Georgia

Middle of Stonethrow Ridge, 1 km west of Fumarole Bay. Alt. 280 m. Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

Cliff face in Chinstrap penguin colony. Alt. 200 m. Macaroni Point, Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

Rock near penguin rookery. Alt. 200 m. Macaroni Point, Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

On rock. Alt. 10 m. FIDASE Hut, Whalers Bay, Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

Rock face of deep coastal gully. Alt. 5 m. Michelsen Island. South Orkney Islands

Below cliffs above scree on rockwall. Alt. 20 m. South side, mid point Fredriksen Island. South Orkney Islands

Shattered pavement on high plateau. Alt. 80 m. Ocoa Point Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island South Shetland Islands

Heathland, 1200 ft. Ceritos Rocks, Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

With Deschampsia antarctica, Poa annua and P. pratensis. Alt. 2.5 m. Near the door of the Manager's Office, Grytviken. South Georgia

Moist crack in vertical sea cliff. Alt. 20 ft. Point between Leith and Stromness Harbours. South Georgia

Growing in clumps at base of wet rocks, in moss bank at top of screes. Alt. 400 ft. Side of Bore Valley, Maiviken. South Georgia

Junction of screes and rock faces, Alt. c. 750 ft. Slopes of hill near west-end of outer beach, Holmestrand. South Georgia

Beside reindeer dung, amongst Juncus at edge of stream, Alt. c. 25 ft. Sandebugten, Barff Peninsula. South Georgia