¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨&&¨¨&&&&
¨&&&&&&&&¨ &¨¨¨¨¨¨&&¨
¨¨&&&&&&¨¨ ¨¨&&&&¨¨¨¨
&¨¨&&&&¨¨¨ &¨¨&&¨¨&&&
¨¨¨¨&&¨¨&& ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&&
¨&&¨¨¨¨¨¨& (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. &&&&&&&&&¨
&&&&¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨&&&&&&&¨¨
¨&&¨¨&&&&& ¨¨&&&&&¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨&&&& ¨¨¨&&&¨¨&&
¨&&&&¨¨&&& &&¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨&&¨¨¨¨&& &¨¨¨¨¨&&&&