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