...,««§§¤@                                          @¤§§««,...
.,«†%¤#@##                                          ##@#¤%†«,.
.,«†§%¤#@#                                          #@#¤%§†«,.
....««§¤¤@                                          @¤¤§««....
.,«†§%¤#@@                                          @@#¤%§†«,.
....«§%¤##               (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.         #@#¤%§†«,.
....«†§§¤#                                          #¤§§†«....
.,,«††§%¤¤                                          ¤¤%§††«,,.
.,«†§%¤@##                                          ##@¤%§†«,.
......«§¤@                                          @¤§«......
.....«†%¤¤                                          ¤¤%†«.....