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Rostkovia bog, Alt. 500 ft. Sorling Valley, Barff Peninsula. South Georgia

Rostkovia bog, Al. 50-100 ft. Near southern end of Olsen Valley, Cumberland West Bay. South Georgia

On trunks of trees. Seventy Mile Bush, Hawkes Bay. New Zealand

On trees in bush. Kelly's Range, c. 2-3000 ft. New Zealand

On dead moss in deep, dark rock crevice, Uruguay Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

On moribund moss on unheated ground on southern slopes outside main crater. Alt. 100 m. Bellingshausen Island. South Sandwich Islands

On wet rocks, at sea level, north shore of Johan Harbour. South Georgia

Dry acid peat on cliff top, Alt. 50 ft. Darwin, Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

Peat surface, south slopes of Mount Usborne, Alt. 1600 ft. Above Ceritos House, East Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

Wet peat above tarn on north side of Mount Usborne, Alt. 2,000 ft. East Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

North facing rock outcrop, Alt. 50 ft. South shore of Port Stanley Harbour, East Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

Slightly flushed Festuca moor community, north-west facing 12 deg. slope, Alt. 220 ft. Near gun emplacement, north-west of Horse Head, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Moist Festuca moor association, flat glacial outwash plain, Alt. 30 ft. Hesteslatten, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

On Chorisodontium aciphyllum turf, Alt. 60 m. Slope to south of Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Dry Festuca moor association, Alt. 230 ft. Moraine Fjord, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Moist rock ledge, on moss. Alt. 15 m. Husdal Gorge. South Georgia

On rocks, Alt. 20-200 m. West side Cape Hansen, Coronation Island. South Orkney Islands

Stoney slope with dense bryophytes and lichens. Alt. 50 m. Spaull Point, Moe Island, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Polytrichum alpestre turfs. Alt. 550 m. Cerro Mirador, near Punta Arenas, Magellanes. South America, Chile

With graminea, Alt. 100 ft. Above whaling station, Grytviken, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Damp vegetation, Alt. 2100 ft. Above tarn, north side of Mount Usborne, Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

Dicranum bank on tussock slopes above sea cliffs, Alt. c. 100 ft. Approx 1 mile east of Jordan Cove overlooking Bird Sound, Bird Island. South Georgia

On Chorisodontoum aciphyllum bank on dry but exposed 25 deg. slope, aspect 250 deg. Alt. 150 m. Slopes to east above Jordan Cove, Bird Island. South Georgia

Wet grassland, Alt. 1000 ft. Ceritos Rocks, Mount Usborne, East Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

Empetrium - Certaderia heath. Alt. 150m. Mount Longdon. Falkland Islands

Moist outwash area in basin. Amongst moss and short Festuca contracta andRostkovia magellanica. Alt. c. 100 m. N side Sphagnum Valley, Cumberland West Bay. South Georgia

On Polytrichum sp. Alt. 259 m. Ridge of bluff 0.5 km. south-west of Endurance Glacier, Elephant Island. South Shetland Islands

Amongst moss, Alt. 290 m. 0.5 km. south-west of Endurance Glacier, north-east side of bluff, Elephant Island. South Shetland Islands

On damp Polytrichum turf, Alt. 40 m. Moraine just behind Leith whaling station, Stromness Bay. South Georgia

On Polytrichum-Chorisodontium bank, Walker Point, Elephant Island. South Shetland Islands

Dry stony ground amongst scattered cryptogams (very rare). Alt. 50 m. Bore Valley, King Edward Cove. South Georgia

Rostkovia-Juncus-moss bog. E side Dartmouth Point. a. Halfway towards Nordenskjold Glacier. Alt. 70 m. b. WNW of Nordenskjold Glacier. Alt. 115 m. South Georgia

On Andreaea on rock ledge. Alt. 75 m. Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Rock ledge, Alt. c. 250 ft. near top of slope behind the BAS Station, Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

North facing on Tortula sp. Alt. 30 ft. Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island, Danco Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

Moist Polytrichum alpinum bank on N-facing slope, Alt. 50-70 m. South side of Astrolabe Island on east side of bay. Antarctic Peninsula

Damp patch of partially stabilised ash, Alt. c. 25 ft. Eastern shore of Kroner Lake, Deception Island. South Shetland Islands

Between stones on dry ground, with Drepanocladus and Polytrichum alpestre etc. Galindez Islands, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Fellfield on dry exposed stony ridge, Alt. 40 m. South side King Edward Cove. South Georgia

Dry cracks in sheltered overhang, Alt. 20 ft. East end of Meek Channel, Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Rock surface, Alt. 1800 ft. South side of Mount Usborne, Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

In crevice of rock growing on soil with Usnea, Alt. 327 ft. Summit of Scar Hills, Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, East Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Trinity Peninsula, East Coast

On Polytrichum alpestre bank. Alt. 5-20 m. Takaki Point, Grandidier Channel Antarctic Peninsula

On moss (Pohlia nutans and others). Alt. 85 m. Central north-facing slope. Charcot Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On moss (various spp. including Pohlia nutans). Alt. 85 m. Central north-facing slope. Charcot Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Amongst Andreaea moss on exposed west-facing scree, Alt. 750 ft. Wave Peak Buttress, Coronation Island. South Orkney Islands

On moss or dry soil. Alt. 10-30 m. Spring Point, south side of Hughes Bay. Antarctic Peninsula

Empetrum heath. Between Port Stanley and Rookery Bay. East Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

Amongst short Dicranum aciphyllum. Alt. 33m. Near Balin Head, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On dead Colobanthus subulatus on rocks near the shore, Alt. 5 m. Cove to south of Shallop Cove. South Georgia