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