&&¨&&&&¨&¨ ¨¨¨&¨&¨¨¨&
¨¨&&¨¨¨&&& ¨¨¨&&&&¨¨&
&¨&¨&¨¨&¨¨ &¨¨&¨¨¨&¨&
¨&&&&&¨&&¨ &&¨&&¨¨&&&
&&¨¨¨¨&&¨& &¨&&¨&¨&¨¨
&¨&¨¨¨&¨&& (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. &&¨¨¨¨&&&&
&¨¨&¨&¨¨&& ¨¨&¨¨¨&¨¨¨
&&¨&&&&¨&¨ ¨¨&&¨¨&&¨¨
&¨&&¨¨¨&&& &¨&¨&¨&¨&¨
&&&¨&¨¨&¨¨ &&&&&&&&&&
¨¨¨&&&¨&&¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨