The vegetation on this desolate continent struck me as quite limited. A few lichens of the species Usnea melanoxanthra sprawled over the black rocks. The whole meager flora of this region consisted of certain microscopic buds, rudimentary diatoms made up of a type of cell positioned between two quartz-rich shells, plus long purple and crimson fucus plants, buoyed by small air bladders and washed up on the coast by the surf.
De plantengroei was op dit land uiterst gering; op de zwarte rotsen groeiden enkele mossen, deze vormden met enkele mikroskopische plantjes de geheele flora.