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