,,,,,,,~=§ §=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~= =~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~= =~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=§ §=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~=§§ (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. ###@§§=~,,
,,,~=§§@## ##@§§=~,,,
,,,,~=§§@# #@§§=~,,,,
,,,,,~=§§@ @§§=~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=§§ §§=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=§ §=~,,,,,,,