Climacium japonicum Lindb.

Japanese: コウヤノマンネングサ（英語表記）Climacium japonicum Lindb.

A large, beautiful moss of the family Ganodermaceae. Also called Kouyanomannengoke. It is distributed throughout East Asia, and in Japan, it grows on the forest floor in various places, forming sparse colonies. The stem crawls long through the humus, and the tip of the stem rises sharply, growing to become an above-ground stem 5-10 cm tall. The upper part of the above-ground stem curves, and produces many supple, bending branches. The leaves at the lower part of the stem are small and scale-like, while the upper leaves are broadly ovate to lanceolate. This species remains forever after it dies, and if it is immersed in water again, the branches will spread out and it will return to its original beautiful shape, so it has been given the Japanese name Mannen-sou (manen-sou), and this property is used as a material for underwater flowers.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

マンネンゴケ科の大型の美しい蘚類。コウヤノマンネンゴケともいう。東アジアに分布し，日本では各地の林床に生育し，まばらな群落をつくる。茎は腐植質の中を長くはい，その先端が急に立ち上がって生長し，高さ5～10cmの地上茎となる。地上茎の上部は湾曲し，しなやかにたわんだ多数の枝を出す。茎の下部の葉は小さく鱗片状，上部の葉は広卵形から披針形。本種は枯死した後いつまでも，再び水に浸せば枝が広がって元の美しい姿にもどるので，万年草という和名が与えられ，この性質を利用して水中花の材料として用いられる。

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