#%%;~,,,,, ,,,,,~;%%#
@%;-,,,,,, ,,,,,,-;%@
###@#%%~-, ,-~%%#@###
####%%;~-, ,-~;%%####
##@#%%;~-, ,-~;%%#@##
###@#%;~-, (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. ,,,--~~%##
#@%%;~-,,, ,,,-~;%%@#
##@#%%;~-, ,-~;%%#@##
###@%%;~-, ,-~;%%@###
##@#%%;~-, ,-~;%%#@##
#%~,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,~%#