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