,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨               (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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/
$/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ these,  hitting  each  in   turn  in   a ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/$
$$/~,¨¨¨¨¨      slightly different angle, and       ¨¨¨¨¨,~/$$
#$$/~,¨¨¨¨         eventually spread thin.          ¨¨¨¨,~/$$#
##$$/~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~/$$##
###$$/~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~/$$###
####$$/~,¨                                          ¨,~/$$####
###$$/~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~/$$###
##$$/~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~/$$##