.~-:***$$@                                          @$$***:-~.
.~-:*$@#@@                                          @@#@$*:-~.
....~-*@@@                                          @@@*-~....
...~--**@@                                          @@**--~...
....~~-:$#                                          #$:-~~....
.~-:*$@##@               (Equisetum)                @##@$*:-~.
.~-:*$@###                                          ###@$*:-~.
.~-:*$@#@#                                          #@#@$*:-~.
.~-:*$$@##                                          ##@$$*:-~.
.~-:*$@###        .~-:-~. The Plant .~-:-~.         ###@$*:-~.
....~:*@@#                                          #@@*:~....
.~~~~::$$# The  Equisetum  Is  A  Plant Much  Older #$$::~~~~.
.....--*@# 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 @@*-......
.~-:*$@#@# These,  Hitting  Each   In  Turn   In  A #@#@$*:-~.
....~~~:$#       Slightly Different Angle, And      #$:~~~....
.~-:*$@@##          Eventually Spread Thin.         ##@@$*:-~.
....~::*$#                                          #$*::~....
....~:$@@@                                          @@@$:~....
.~-:*$@#@#                                          #@#@$*:-~.
.~-:*$#@##                                          ##@#$*:-~.
.~-:*$@#@#                                          #@#@$*:-~.