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