¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ &¨¨¨&&&¨¨&
¨¨¨¨&&&&&& ¨¨&¨¨&¨¨¨¨
&&&¨¨&&&&& &¨¨¨¨¨¨&&&
&&¨¨¨¨&&&& ¨¨&&&&¨¨&&
&¨¨&&¨¨&&& &¨¨&&¨¨¨¨&
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&& (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. ¨&&&&&¨¨&&
¨&&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨&&&&&& &¨¨&¨¨&&&&
¨&&¨¨&&&&¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&&¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨&&¨¨ ¨&&&&&¨¨¨¨
&&&&&¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨&&&¨¨&&&