Hydrocotyle capitata Fairly common in moist sites or under other plants. Gnaphalium thouarsii Uncommon in open, well-drained sites, including generating peat slips. Cotula goughensis Endemic. Adiatum poiretii Fairly common in shaded sites, typically under rock overhangs. Forms subclimax with tree-ferns in fern bush.
Wet heath has procumbent forms.
Some occur in tussock grassland and on offshore stacks. Histiopteris incisa Accociated with fern brush communities. Plants at the Meteorological Station at Transvaal Bay are probably from tubers introduced recently. Stellaria media Fairly common, scattered along the east coast in disturbed sites Rumex obtusifolius Abundant along the coast and at disturbed sites inland, especially along stream banks to 600m . Sonchus asper Fairly common on the coast and around the Meteorological Station at Transvaal Bay, scarce inland.