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