,,,«:*$&#@                                          @#&$*:«,,,
,,«:*$&#@#                                          #@#&$*:«,,
,,,«:*$&#@                                          @#&$*:«,,,
,,,,«:*$&#                                          #&$*:«,,,,
,,,,,«:*$&                                          &$*:«,,,,,
,,,,«:*$&#               (EQUISETUM)                #&$*:«,,,,
,,,«:*$&#@                                          @#&$*:«,,,
,,«:*$&#@#                                          #@#&$*:«,,
,,,«:*$&#@                                          @#&$*:«,,,
,,,,«:*$&#        ,,«:«,, THE PLANT ,,«:«,,         #&$*:«,,,,
,,,,,«:*$&                                          &$*:«,,,,,
,,,,«:*$&# THE  EQUISETUM IS  A  PLANT  MUCH  OLDER #&$*:«,,,,
,,,«:*$&#@ THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH @#&$*:«,,,
,,«:*$&#@# OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT  GREEN #@#&$*:«,,
,,,«:*$&#@ TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY @#&$*:«,,,
,,,,«:*$&#               TRANSPARENT.               #&$*:«,,,,
,,,,,«:*$&                                          &$*:«,,,,,
,,,,«:*$&# THE PLANT HAS  A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS #&$*:«,,,,
,,,«:*$&#@ STACKED  UPON  THE NEXT,  WITH SPOKELIKE @#&$*:«,,,
,,«:*$&#@# RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD.  EVEN  SO,  IT'S #@#&$*:«,,
,,,«:*$&#@ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW.  IT'S  ROUGHLY @#&$*:«,,,
,,,,«:*$&# THE HEIGHT OF A  FOXES  TAIL, AND SHARES #&$*:«,,,,
,,,,,«:*$&            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            &$*:«,,,,,
,,,,«:*$&#                                          #&$*:«,,,,
,,,«:*$&#@ IT  LIKES  PARTIAL  SHADE AND VERY  DAMP @#&$*:«,,,
,,«:*$&#@#                  AREAS                   #@#&$*:«,,
,,,«:*$&#@                                          @#&$*:«,,,
,,,,«:*$&#                                          #&$*:«,,,,
,,,,,«:*$&                                          &$*:«,,,,,
,,,,«:*$&#         ,,«:«,, IN MAGIC ,,«:«,,         #&$*:«,,,,
,,,«:*$&#@                                          @#&$*:«,,,
,,«:*$&#@# WHEN A  COLONY  NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH,  IT #@#&$*:«,,
,,,«:*$&#@ SLICES  THE  AIR  IN  THE  FOREST   INTO @#&$*:«,,,
,,,,«:*$&# SEPARATE PLANES,  A  FEW  CENTIMETERS IN #&$*:«,,,,
,,,,,«:*$& HEIGHT.  TIME   CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED  IN &$*:«,,,,,
,,,,«:*$&# THESE,  HITTING   EACH  IN   TURN  IN  A #&$*:«,,,,
,,,«:*$&#@      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       @#&$*:«,,,
,,«:*$&#@#         EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.          #@#&$*:«,,
,,,«:*$&#@                                          @#&$*:«,,,
,,,,«:*$&#                                          #&$*:«,,,,
,,,,,«:*$&                                          &$*:«,,,,,
,,,,«:*$&#                                          #&$*:«,,,,
,,,«:*$&#@                                          @#&$*:«,,,