¨§¨¨§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨§§§§¨¨§§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§§§¨§¨§§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨¨§§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                (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.          §¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨¨§