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Sheltered rock surfaces, Alt. 1600 ft. South slopes of Mount Usborne, above Ceritos Rocks, East Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

Rock surface. Alt. 1000 ft. Ceritos Rocks, bear Mount Usborne, East Falkland Islands. Falkland Islands

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

On young black lava. Alt. 85 m. East of Junior's Kop, Marion Island. Prince Edward Islands

Exposed black lava. Alt. 35 m. Nellie's Humps, Marion Island. Prince Edward Islands

Heated ground associated with fumaroles on area of scoria. Crest of small knoll. Alt. c. 175 m. c. 2 km N or Vapour Col. Deception Island South Shetland Islands

Moist crack in rocks on mountain summit, Alt. 2060 ft. Petrel Peak, Mount Hodges. South Georgia

Granite boss, forming a small nunatak, Alt. 50-80 ft. 2 miles south-east of Cape Casey, Cabinet Inlet, Foyn Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Foyn Coast

Sitting on wider ledges of wall, Alt. 3425 ft. Major ridge running from 2300ft. to 4400ft. north Engle Peaks. Antarctic Peninsula

On soil amongst stones. Near the hut, Blaiklock Island, Loubet Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Loubet Coast

On dry rock faces, scree and stones on slopes of Mount Flora. Alt. 25-50 m. Hope Bay. Antarctic Peninsula

Gravelly soil amongst Andreaea. Alt. 250 m. Mount Alexander, Joinville Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Soil amongst Andreaea, Alt. 250 m. Mount Alexander, Joinville Island. Antarctic Peninsula

In vertical cleft in rock face. Alt. 6-8 m. Cliff at mid-E of Point, Rothera Point, Adelaide Island. Antarctic Peninsula

In Rostkovia bog, Alt. 50 m. Horse Head, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

On moss on dry, stony, east-facing slope, Alt. 120 m. North side of corrie behind Leith Whaling Station, Stromness Bay. South Georgia

On soil and moss in sheltered hollow facing west, Alt. 30 m. c. 1.5 km south-west of Dartmouth Point, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

On moss on west-facing outcrop, Alt. 150 m. Hills to north-east of Bjornstadt Bay. South Georgia

Amongst moss, Alt. 290 m. NE side of bluff, 0.5 km. SW of Endurance Glacier, Elephant Island. South Shetland Islands

West facing moraine, Alt. 122 m. Cliff top, 0.5 km. south of Stinker Point, Elephant Island. South Shetland Islands

Alt. 105m. Col. Observation Bluff, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

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

Locally frequent on stony ground close to shore, with Polytrichum alpinum, Andreaea sp. Galindez Island, Graham Coast. Galindez Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

Local. Occasionally on Polytrichum alpestre - Dicranum peat banks and withscattered mosses (Andreaea etc) on more stony ground. Alt. 10 m. Hermit Island, Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Danco Coast

Locally frequent forming large patches amongst stones, particularly associated with Andreaea, near the hut, Blaiklock Island, Loubet Coast. Blaiklock Island, Hut area. Antarctic Peninsula, Loubet Coast

On Polytrichum alpestre moss banks. NW side. Alt. 100-150 m. Cape Tuxen Antarctic Peninsula

On Barbilophozia hatcheri on ledge, Alt. 10-35 m. Largest island off Takaki Point, south end of Grandidier Channel. Antarctic Peninsula

On moss and soil. Alt. 20-50 m. Mt. Alexander NE Joinville Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Amongst Andreaea and other mosses on moist gravelly slope, Alt. 65 m. S Monroe Island. South Orkney Islands

Dry raised pebble beach, c. 10 m from sheltered shore, Alt. 2 m. Lagoon Island, northern Marguerite Bay. Antarctic Peninsula

On moss covered scree, Alt. 150 m. towards Porteous Point, Gneiss Hills, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

West-facing scree, Alt. 528 ft. Windscoop Buttress on peak 1278 on east side of Sunshine Glacier, Coronation Island. South Orkney Islands

Growing on moss on cliff edge, Alt. 40 m. Cape Roux, Brabant Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On ridge of raised beach, Alt. 17 m. South tip of Edwards Point, Robert Island. South Shetland Islands

Stones. Alt. 200 m. N end Active Sound, Joinville Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On moist ashy soil dominated by Andreaea. Alt. 35-50 m. Between Smellie Point and Chester Cone, Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island. South Shetland Islands

On moss, Rocky outcrop above west side of Lahille Island. Alt. 3m. Antarctic Peninsula

Takaki Point, Grandidier Channel. On soil and moss on rock ledge. Alt. 5-20 m. Antarctic Peninsula

On rock outcrop, surrounding magnetometer hut, along Meek Channel, north shore of Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Graham Coast. Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast

On Chorisodontium-Polytrichum bank, Alt. 100 ft. Behind the BAS station, Factory Cove, Borge Bay, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Amongst stones on dry exposed rocky knoll. Alt. 120 m. Jane Col, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On dead moss (mainly Bryum algens) on moist gravelly silt below snow patch, Alt. 15 m. S side of St Martha Cove. James Ross Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On moss (Encalypta patagonica, Bryum algens) on moist gravelly seepage area.Alt. 80m. Valley to N of St Martha Cove, James Ross Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On soil and dead moss, Alt. 15 m. Broad valley to S of St Martha Cove, James Ross Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On Polytrichum alpinum cushions in community of Usnea antarctica -Drepanocladus uncinatus on moraine. Alt. 20 m. Ornithologists Creek, south of Arctowski Station. Admiralty Bay, King George Island. South Shetland Islands

Moist slope amongst moss. Alt. 80 m. Near field hut, Mixed Pickle Cove area, Marion Island. Prince Edward Islands

Sobre rocas junto a la cascada en bosque laxo de Nothofagus betuloides con N. antarctica. Provincia Magellanes, Depto Ultima Esperanza, Margen oriental del Rio Serrano, Puerto Toro. South America, Chile

On twigs of Desfontainia spinosa behind shore of island. Alt. 10 m. South shore of unnamed bay c. 1 km north of Bahia Angelica, Caleta Nantuel, Isla Vidal Gormaz, Depto. Ultima Esperanza, Prov. Magallanes. South America, Chile

To N of Samuel Islands. Alt. 20-150ft. South Georgia

Scree by streamside Alt. 100 ft. Lower slopes of Mount Duse, behind King Edward Point, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia