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