¨¨--^=*&¶#                                          #¶&*=^--¨¨
¨--^=*&¶##                                          ##¶&*=^--¨
¨¨--^=*&¶#                                          #¶&*=^--¨¨
¨¨¨--^=*&¶                                          ¶&*=^--¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨--^=*&                                          &*=^--¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨--^=*                (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.          -¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨--                                          --¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨--^                                          ^--¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨--^=                                          =^--¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨--^=*                                          *=^--¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨--^=*&                                          &*=^--¨¨¨¨