¨,~\%*§¶##                                          ##¶§*%\~,¨
¨,~\%*§¶##                                          ##¶§*%\~,¨
¨,~\%*§¶##                                          ##¶§*%\~,¨
¨,~\%*§¶##                                          ##¶§*%\~,¨
¨,~\%*§¶##                                          ##¶§*%\~,¨
¨,~\%*§¶##               (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.          ##¶§*%\~,¨
¨,~\%*§¶##                                          ##¶§*%\~,¨
¨,~\%*§¶##                                          ##¶§*%\~,¨
¨,~\*§¶###                                          ###¶§*\~,¨
¨¨¨¨,\**§¶                                          ¶§**\,¨¨¨¨
¨,~\%*§¶¶¶                                          ¶¶¶§*%\~,¨