¨¨:=\**&¶#                                          #¶&**\=:¨¨
¨¨¨:=\**&¶                                          ¶&**\=:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:=\**&                                          &**\=:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:=\**                                          **\=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=\*                                          *\=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=\                (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.          ¶&**\=:¨¨¨
¨¨:=\**&¶#                                          #¶&**\=:¨¨
¨:=\**&¶##                                          ##¶&**\=:¨
¨¨:=\**&¶#                                          #¶&**\=:¨¨
¨¨¨:=\**&¶                                          ¶&**\=:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:=\**&                                          &**\=:¨¨¨¨