cord moss

…Hyotan-goke has been studied in detail from many angles, and is treated as a representative species of moss along with Polytrichum japonicum in botanical textbooks from around the world. Its English name, cord moss, and German name, Drehmoos, were named after the characteristic of its twisted capsule stalk, and its French name, charbonnière, was named based on its ecology of preferring charcoal from burned areas. The Japanese name comes from the fact that the capsule resembles a gourd. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cord moss" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ヒョウタンゴケは多方面から詳しく研究され，世界各国の植物学の教科書などで，スギゴケとともに蘚類の代表種として扱われている。英名cord moss，ドイツ語名Drehmoosはねじれる蒴柄の特徴に，またフランス語名charbonnièreは焼跡の炭を好むその生態に基づいて名づけられたもの。和名は蒴をヒョウタンに見立てたもの。…

※「cord moss」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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