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