Berg, Drimys winteri, Gevuina avellana, Amomyrtus luma y el helecho Lophosoria quadripinnata, que en situaciones de alta pendiente (sobre 60[grados]) puede llegar a coberturas de un 50%.
Skottsberg (1922: 106) collected it "on rocks" and in "alpine fell-fields in the northern half of the highland," and more recent collections have come from rocky outcrops, particularly under ferns, such as Lophosoria. Also regarding habitat, U.
It often grows in loose mats in moist, shaded places in quebradas, particularly under ferns such as Lophosoria; it has also been collected under ferns on rocky slopes, where it forms more or less compact mats, as well as growing epiphytically on tree ferns, such as on Dicksonia stems.