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Damp and dry rock terraces. Alt. 5-50 m. North side of Leonie Island. Antarctic Peninsula

W-facing. Alt. 50 m. Admiralty Bay, King George Island. South Shetland Islands

WNW facing rocks. Alt. 200 ft. 200 yards SE of base hut, Cape Geddes, Laurie Island. South Orkney Islands

North facing rocks at bottom of gully, west facing rocky slopes, Alt. 50 ft. North west coast of Petermann Island, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

West Point, Jason Harbour, Cumberland West Bay. South Georgia

Cliffs above Godthul, Barff Peninsula. South Georgia

By Shackleton's cross, Hope Point, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Amongst tussock grassland with Acaena and Tortula, Alt. 25 ft. Dartmouth Point, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Soil on rocky slope, Alt. 100 ft. By Shackleton's Cross, Hope Point, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Near Shackleton's Cross, Hope Point, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

On rock outcrop, north-west facing slopes of Woozle Hill, overlooking Stella Creek, Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Alt. 50 m. Slope above Factory Cove. Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Steep, stony, broken bank, Alt. c. 100 ft. East face of hill between Factory Cove and Paal Harbour, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

In thick clumps, beneath a thin snow cover, on east-facing rock outcrops, Alt. 10 ft. South-east corner of Winter Island, overlooking Stella Creek, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

In rock crevices, Alt. 5-25 m. South east side of Petermann Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Peat banks on north-facing slope, Alt. 80 ft. West of factory, Leith Harbour, Stromness Bay. South Georgia

Forming deep banks up to 1m deep. Some with Chorisodontium aciphyllum. Moist slopes and ledges. Alt. 30-300 m. NW side, Cape Tuxen. Antarctic Peninsula

Alt. c. 50 ft. Immediately above westernmost radio aerial, towards western side of slope behind the base, Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Almirante Brown, Graham Land. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

Alt. 30 ft. Stella Creek, Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Forming a bank, Alt. 90 ft. Overlooking Stella Creek, Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Peat banks, Just below summit on west-side of main bay, Alt. 200 m. Petermann Island, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

North-facing slope, Alt. c. 50 ft. South of BAS station, Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Forming shallow peat bank on north-facing slope, Alt. c. 50 ft. Lynch Island. South Orkney Islands

On rock (greywache) and on tussock bases, Alt. 10-100 ft. North side of Gold Harbour. South Georgia

Wet on scree areas and loose peat, Alt. 15 m. North side of Rasmussen Island, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Pocket of soil amongst boulders, Alt. 250 m. Mount Alexander, Joinville Island. Antarctic Peninsula

West facing sea cliff. Alt. 50 ft. Almirante Brown, Paradise Harbour. Antarctic Peninsula

On low ground 50 yards from edge of ice cap. Alt. c. 50 ft. Moraine Valley, south of Paal Harbour, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

One of two moss banks at this height. Vicinity of first summit. Alt. 400 m. "Charcots" Cairn, Mount Demaria, Cape Tuxen. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

On recently deglaciated base-rich soil. With Bryum algens and Drepanocladus uncinatus. Alt. 50 m. Between Changing Lake and Spindrift Col, Signy Island South Orkney Islands

On recently exposed gravelly soil with Ceratodon purpureus, Polytrichum juniperum and other mildly calciolous mosses. Alt. 50 m. Between Changing Lake and Spindrift Col, Signy Island South Orkney Islands

Alt. 10-210 m. Moe Island, off Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Moist north-facing depression, Alt. 100 ft. Promontory opposite Lynch Island, Laws Glacier, Coronation Island. South Orkney Islands

On rocky or stony ground, sometimes in rock crevices. Alt. 15-50 m. Cape Primavera. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

Sheltered hollows amongst rock, on Drepanocladus in hollows in moraine, Alt. 35 m. West end of moraine, south of Charity Glacier, Livingston Island. South Shetland Islands

Alt. 100 ft. Monasield Point, Coronation Island. South Orkney Islands

Accumulated soil bank, Alt. c. 70 ft. east side of Michelsen Island, Powell Island. South Orkney Islands

Forming mixed turf with Brachythecium, knoll away from volcanic heat but well exposed to north, and near sea-bird ledges, Alt. c. 300 m. NE coast of Vindication Island. South Sandwich Islands

Forming a turf, area away from volcanic heat, shoulder of land much tunnelled by birds, Alt. c. 200 m. South end of summit ridge of Leskov Island. South Sandwich Islands

Dry sandy soil amongst pebbles of raised beach near hut. Alt. 5 m. Blaiklock Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Loubet Coast

Dry gravelly soil. Alt. 5-80 m. Aitcho Island. South Shetland Islands

Fellfield. Alt. 50 m. Point Thomas, King George Island South Shetland Islands

Among moribund Campylopus around fumarole, Alt. 50-100 ft. Gulch north of crater, Candlemas Island. South Sandwich Islands

Pohlia-Polytrichum vegetation on ash slopes, Alt. 150 ft. Under crag projecting upwards through north end of ice-cap, Candlemas Island. South Sandwich Islands

Growing over Pohlia on steep, rocky bank, Alt. 100 ft. Western end of eastern lagoon, Candlemas Island. South Sandwich Islands

Fairly dry area of gently sloping west facing ash slope, Alt. 100 ft. c/0.25 mile south of lagoons, western shore of Candlemas Island. South Sandwich Islands

In outer zone of fumarole vegetation, Alt. 600 ft. Summit ridge of Leskov Island. South Sandwich Islands

Moss bank at edge of scree, at edge of cliffs spreading down to shore, Alt. 60 m. Edge of flat area, South of Clark Nunatak, Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island. South Shetland Islands

In Drepanocladus-community, on flat places on S/SW side of the hill. Alt. 10-15 m. On highest hill on NW-side of Cuverville Island near the coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast