Branches from evergreens like young pines and michelia compressa were also used until recently, when the sakaki and hisakaki grew in popularity thanks to the fact that they are the most commonly occuring planets with the sort of pointed leaves appropriate to be yorishiro.
若松やオガタマノキなど様々な常緑植物が用いられたが、近年は、もっとも身近な植物で枝先が尖っていて神のヨリシロに相応しいサカキやヒサカキが定着している