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