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Wet rock face with soil accumulation, Alt. 250 ft. Above Paal Harbour, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Frequent on pockets of dry, gravelly soil amongst pebbles on higher parts of beach, stony slopes and dry stony knolls, Alt. 5-50 ft. Near the base, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. South Shetland Islands

On soil between stones or associated with Polytrichum alpinum, Bartramia sp. Alt. 15-50 ft. Near the base, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. South Shetland Islands

Abundant on dry soil amongst stones, Alt. c. 40 ft. Palmer Station, Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island, Danco Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

Stony ground and on soil, or damp hollows and rock faces, Alt. 10-50 ft. Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Frequent on ashy soil with other short acrocarps, also with Drepanocladus and Polytrichum spp. amongst stones, Alt. 50-100 ft. Coppermine Cove, Robert Island. South Shetland Islands

Rocks, bare soil and gravel, Alt. c. 50 ft. east side of Michelsen Island, Powell Island. South Orkney Islands

On the north-facing boulder strewn scree slopes, Alt. c. 200 ft. Ronald Hill, Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

On gravel, extensive flat area in penguin rookery, Alt. 25 m. Barnard Point, Livingston Island. South Shetland Islands

Rocky bank with tussock, Alt. 25-50 ft. Near eastern side of snout of Nordenskjold Glacier. South Georgia

On scree slopes by glacier snout, Alt. c 500 ft. Side of upper glacial plain, Hope Valley. South Georgia

At edge of path through Acaena association, Alt. c. 100 ft. Lower slopes of Orca Peak, behind Grytviken Whaling Station, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Flat moist rock surface, Alt. 12 m. Flat area on top of rock bluff above Dragon Cove N, Livingston Island. South Shetland Islands

Dryish soil crevices close to ground level. Cuverville Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

Forming scattered cushions on almost bare ash slopes, Alt. 100 ft. North of Base, Whalers Bay, Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

With Drepanocladus in wet hollow in ash, Alt. 50 ft. SW shore of Kroner Lake, Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

On wet ash slopes, in Drepanocladus community, Alt. 50 ft. SW shore of Kroner Lake, Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

On moist, exposed gravelly soil, Alt. 10 ft. Streets of Grytviken, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Tussock bases, Alt. 10 ft. Stream running north between penguin rookeries, onto Binder Beach, Right Whale Bay. South Georgia

Wet ledge, Alt. 10-15 m. Sealers Hill, Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island. South Shetland Islands

Margin of wet swampy area on gravelly soil. Alt. 25m. Between The Wallows and Stygian Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Growing directly on decaying feathers of Wilson's Petrel corpse, Alt. c. 10 m. Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Dry, mineral soil. Alt. 50 m. Above Landing Cove, Moe Island, off Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Rock crevices, north-facing, Alt. c. 200 ft. Cathedral crags, Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

On gravelly track by shore. Alt. c. 80 m. South-east corner of La Peninsula, Lago del Toro, Depto. Ultima Esperanza, Provincia Magallanes. South America, Chile

On open ride through decadent Nothofagus forest. Alt. c. 400 m. Sierra del Cazador, Depto. Ultima Esperanza, Provincia Magallanes. South America, Chile

On slip to east of Northern Plain. Alt. 450 ft. Antipodes

Sandy soil amongst boulders on N facing slope. Alt. 60m. Browning Peninsula, central area. Budd Coast. Antarctica, Wilkes Sector

On morainic material on steep north facing slope below ice cap, Alt. 200 ft. Northern end of ice cap, Candlemas Island. South Sandwich Islands

Dry, fine, sandy soil at margin of Bryum stand, close to foot of high cliff. Alt. 30m. Vestfold Hills, near Taleg Gorge. Ingrid Christensen Coast. Antarctica, Enderby Sector

Dry sandy soil in rock depression amongst stones. Alt. 90m. Haupt Nunataks. Budd Coast. Antarctica, Wilkes Sector

Alt. 5-50 m. Moe Island, off Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Moist fine soil amongst cindery stones, Alt. 10 m. Ronald Hill crater, Whalers Bay, Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

In late snow bed hollow beneath dense cover of Usnea antarctica. Alt. 40m. SSSI Bailey Peninsula. Budd Coast. Antarctica, Wilkes Sector

Dry stony "valley" floor. Alt. 20m. NE of Whitney Point, Clark Peninsula. Budd Coast. Antarctica, Wilkes Sector

Dry sandy soil on pebble terrace. Alt. 25m. NE of Stevenson Cove, Clark Peninsula. Budd Coast. Antarctica, Wilkes Sector

Edge of stone/soil circle. Alt. c. 30m. SSSI area, above ice field, Bailey Peninsula. Budd Coast. Antarctica, Wilkes Sector

Fine sandy soil in frost heave, Alt. 92 m. Cliff top, 0.5 km. south of Stinker Point, Elephant Island. South Shetland Islands

On damp humus, at top of cliff, Alt. 30 ft. Overlooking Meek Channel, Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Sheltered rock ledges at base of cliff, Alt. 40 ft. North end of Petermann Island, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Inner region of fumarole, Alt. c. 130 m. East end of south flank of cone, Bellingshausen Island. South Sandwich Islands

North facing, steep lava rocks away from volcanic heat, Alt. c. 250 m. North side of north peak of crater rim, Bellingshausen Island. South Sandwich Islands

Stony ground and gravel around rocky knolls, Alt. 550 ft. Eastern slopes, near NE corner of Vindication Island. South Sandwich Islands

On side of wet runnel, among small stones, Alt.100 ft. Bank behind BAS station, eastern shore of Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Moist gravel near shore, Alt. c. 20 ft. Behind shore, east of Aniline Islet, Moraine Fjord, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Wet north-facing rock ledge, Alt. 100 ft. South shore of Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

With Deschampsia antarctica in soil pocket, north-facing ledge, Alt. 22 m. North-west side of north summit, Cormorant Island, Danco Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

Alt. 75 ft. Near old base hut, Berntsen Point, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Alt. 100-150 ft. Near The Divide, west side of Matthews Island. South Orkney Islands

Moist stone stripe debris, Alt. 200 ft. Moraine Valley, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands