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