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