八岐大蛇
The also describes Yamata no Orochi: "It had an eight-forked head and an eight-forked tail; its eyes were red, like the winter-cherry; and on its back firs and cypresses were growing. As it crawled it extended over a space of eight hills and eight valleys." The botanical names used to describe this Orochi are or (winter cherry or Japanese lantern, "Physalis alkekengi"), (club moss, "Lycopodiopsida"), (Japanese cypress, "Chamaecyparis obtusa"), and (Japanese cedar, "Cryptomeria").