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