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