¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨               (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.          @&%%/~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~/%%&@#                                          #@&%%/~^¨¨
¨^~/%%&@##                                          ##@&%%/~^¨
¨¨^~/%%&@#                                          #@&%%/~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~/%%&@                                          @&%%/~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~/%%&                                          &%%/~^¨¨¨¨