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