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