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