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