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