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Lowland bog. Alt. 100 ft. Ranui Cove. Auckland Islands

Wet Cortadaria grassland. Alt. 200 ft. Wireless Ridge, nr. Port Stanley, East Falkland Is. Falkland Islands

Amongst sward in Empetrum-Baccharis heath. Alt. c. 25 ft. Neck of isthmus immediately N of Hooker's Point. Falkland Islands

Bank of Moody's Brook in Cortaderia moor, rare, Alt. 50 ft. Moody Valley, by Port Stanley, East Falkland Island. Falkland Islands

Short turf by edge of sea cliffs, west of the Settlement. Tristan da Cunha

On and in decaying timber of ramp above former plan. Alt. 3 m. Stromness whaling station. South Georgia

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

On decaying tussock stump, Alt. 30 m. Just south of Dartmouth Point, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Growing in Blechnum sward on north-facing slope. Alt. 10 m. East coast, south of the cave, Prince Edward Island. Prince Edward Islands

Alt. 50 ft. Olivine Point, Coronation Island. South Orkney Islands

On dead Distichium capillaceum in rock crevices, ledges and junction of cliff and scree. Alt. 150-175 m. North side of Leonie Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Raised beach of small pebbles. Alt. 6 m. North side of Leonie Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Dry grazed, very short, pasture on E-facing slope of Mt Egmont. Alt. 25 m. Settlement above Sealers Cove, Saunders Island, East Falklands. Falkland Islands

Polytrichum alpestre bank. Alt. 10 m. Stella Creek, Galindez Island. Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula

Dry to moist moss at edge of wet Bryum algens and on gravelly soil. Alt.15-50m. E side Lachman Crags, James Ross Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On stony plateau. Alt. 225m. Gneiss Hills (N), Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On raised beaches and scree slopes, Alt. 70 ft. East side of Jenny Island, Laubeuf Fjord, Fallieres Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Fallieres Coast

Marble Knoll. Alt. 16m. E coast of Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Very local and uncommon. In dry rock crevices. Neny Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Fallieres Coast

On bryophytes over marble. Three Lakes Valley, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Marble detritus on slope cf. a white C. pyxidata. Alt. 80 m. S of Foca, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Eroded peat bank. Alt. 50 m. Near Gourlay Peninsula, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Amongst dead moss on dry stony fellfield, Alt. 50 m. South side King Edward Cove. South Georgia

On dead moss and dead Deschampsia antarctica. Alt. 35-80 m. N-facing rocky slope on N side of Lagotellerie Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Fallieres Coast

North facing steep slabs of rock, and scree, wet in places, Alt. 50-200 ft. Slope behind old FIDS hut, Cape Geddes, Laurie Island. South Orkney Islands

From Grimmia-Orthotrichum association of steep unstable coastal slopes, Alt. 150 ft. East facing, seaward side of bluff behind the B.A.S. station, Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Grimmia-Orthotrichum mats on marble knoll at top of north-facing slope, Alt. 200 ft. North side of ridge running inland from Thulla Point, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Moist, moss-covered base-rich rock ledge. Alt. 15m. Limestone Valley, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Moss mat (dry Drepanocladus) on N-facing slope. Alt. 40 m. Thulla point, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On calcicole mosses and calcareous soil. alt. 55 m. South side of Foca Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

North-facing coastal slope at low level and affected by gulls, Alt. 30 ft. East side of gully to east of Observation Bluff, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

North facing rock surface with Usnea, Alt. 10 m. On small peninsula overlooking Stella Creek, Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

On moribund Polytrichum alpinum with Drepanocladus uncinatus and Pohlia nutans, also Ochrolechia frigida, Usnea antarctica and grey crustose lichen in rock crevice, Alt. 80 m. North-facing rock bank where main Island joins western spur, Petermann Island.

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

Very local. Found with Polytrichum alpinum and Cladonia cf. fimbricata at footof rock face. Near the hut, Blaiklock Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Loubet Coast

Wet floor of shallow depression, rock exposure near the survey beacon, Somerville Island, Grandidier Channel, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Encrusting moss on rock outcrops, Alt. 40 ft. Beneath anemometer tower, Berntsen Point, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On frost shattered, rock strewn slopes near the top of ridge, Alt. 750 ft. Hope Bay,north-east shore of Trinity Peninsula. Antarctic Peninsula, Trinity Peninsula, East Coast

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

Moist soil and on Polytrichum alpestre. Alt. 10-15m. North-west corner of Darboux Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula

On moss banks. Alt. 15-50 m. Steepholm Island, Robertson Islands. South Orkney Islands

Exposed Festuca-cryptogam grassland. Alt. c. 80 m. N side of Gull Lake, to W of dam. South Georgia

On Polytrichum in damp sheltered hollow, Alt. 150 m. Hill to north of Bjornstadt Bay. South Georgia

On moss in pockets of boulder on dry east-facing scree, Alt. 180 m. Below east face of Orca Peak, Grytviken. South Georgia

On dry peaty soil, Alt. 15 ft. Beside Ross Road West, Port Stanley. Falkland Islands

On mosses on north-facing bank Alt. c. 40 ft. Lynch Island. South Orkney Islands

On moderately dry moss mats, Alt. 100 ft. Bank behind the B.A.S. station, Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Dry exposed stony fellfield, Alt. 75 m. South side King Edward Cove. South Georgia

On Andreaea sp. Alt. 5-20 m. Rasmussen Island, near Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

On Drepanocladus uncinatus. Alt. 5-25m. One of westernmost of Joubin Islands about 20km. W of Arthur Harbour, AnversIsland, Danco Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast