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