¨¨¨¨¨~=††%                                          %††=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=††%¶                                          ¶%††=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=††%¶@                                          @¶%††=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=††%¶@#                                          #@¶%††=~¨¨
¨~=††%¶@##                                          ##@¶%††=~¨
¨¨~=††%¶@#               (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.         ††=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†                                          †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=                                          =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†                                          †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=††                                          ††=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=††%                                          %††=~¨¨¨¨¨