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