,,,,,~**%#                                          #%**~,,,,,
,,,,,,~**%                                          %**~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~**                                          **~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~*                                          *~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~                                          ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~*                (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.         @#%**~,,,,
,,,~**%#@#                                          #@#%**~,,,
,,~**%#@##                                          ##@#%**~,,
,,,~**%#@#                                          #@#%**~,,,
,,,,~**%#@                                          @#%**~,,,,
,,,,,~**%#                                          #%**~,,,,,