¨¨¨~-*†@##                                          ##@†*-~¨¨¨
¨¨~-*†@###                                          ###@†*-~¨¨
¨~-*†@####                                          ####@†*-~¨
¨¨~-*†@###                                          ###@†*-~¨¨
¨¨¨~-*†@##                                          ##@†*-~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~-*†@#                (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.         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~                                          ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~-                                          -~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~-*                                          *-~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~-*†                                          †*-~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~-*†@                                          @†*-~¨¨¨¨¨