Japanese name: マンネンスギ（万年杉） Scientific name:Lycopodium dendroideum
[Overview]
An evergreen fern 10–30 cm tall, found in forests in the mountains and in sunny places.
The main axis runs long underground and branches sparsely.
The side branches stand erect above ground and branch in the upper part, taking on a shape like a sugi (Japanese cedar) tree.
The branches are ascending or erect and densely bear leaves.
The leaves are linear with pointed tips and entire margins.
The sporangial spikes are cylindrical, 1–6 cm long and 0.5 cm across, borne singly at the tips of twigs, with several per side branch.
The sporangial spikes are stalkless.
The sporophylls are ovate-cordate.
[Cultivation]
Grow it in a well-drained environment with high air humidity.
For potted plants, use a well-drained mix of kanuma soil with pumice or akadama soil, or sphagnum moss alone, and plant it in a somewhat large pot.
Place it in a sunny spot from autumn to spring and in partial shade in summer, and water while taking care not to let it dry out.
Mist the leaves with a sprayer from time to time.
[Notes]
The Japanese name comes from likening its form to a sugi and from its being evergreen.
