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