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