¨¨¨^~†§@@#                                          #@@§†~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†§@@                                          @@§†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†§@                                          @§†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§                                          §†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†                                          †~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                (equisetum)               ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨        ¨^~†~^¨ the plant ¨^~†~^¨         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ the  equisetum  is  a plant  much  older ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~† than  ferns,  which  are  in  turn  much †~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§ older than most trees.  it's light green §†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†§@ to  yellow  in  color  and  is  slightly @§†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†§@@               transparent.               @@§†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~†§@@#                                          #@@§†~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~†§@@## the plant has a spine.  each vertebra is ##@@§†~^¨¨
¨^~†§@@### stacked  upon the  next,  with spokelike ###@@§†~^¨
¨¨^~†§@@## ribs  radiating outward. even  so,  it's ##@@§†~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~†§@@# very light, being  hollow. it's  roughly #@@§†~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†§@@ the  height of  a foxes tail, and shares @@§†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†§@            a similar plumage.            @§†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§                                          §†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~† it likes  partial shade  and  very  damp †~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                  areas                   ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         ¨^~†~^¨ in magic ¨^~†~^¨         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ when  a  colony numbers  high enough, it ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~† slices  the  air  in  the  forest   into †~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§ separate  planes,  a  few centimeters in §†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†§@ height.  time  can   get  diffracted  in @§†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†§@@ these,  hitting  each  in   turn  in   a @@§†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~†§@@#       slightly different angle, and      #@@§†~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~†§@@##          eventually spread thin.         ##@@§†~^¨¨
¨^~†§@@###                                          ###@@§†~^¨
¨¨^~†§@@##                                          ##@@§†~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~†§@@#                                          #@@§†~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†§@@                                          @@§†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†§@                                          @§†~^¨¨¨¨¨