,,,,,~=*§#                                          #§*=~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=*§                                          §*=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=*                                          *=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~=                                          =~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=*                                          *=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~=*§                (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.          §*=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=*                                          *=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~=                                          =~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=*                                          *=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~=*§                                          §*=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~=*§#                                          #§*=~,,,,,