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