^†~,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,~†^
&^†~,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,~†^&
¤&^†~,,,,,                                          ,,,,,~†^&¤
@¤&^†~,,,,                                          ,,,,~†^&¤@
#@¤&^†~,,,                                          ,,,~†^&¤@#
##@¤&^†~,,               (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.         ,,~†^&¤@##
#@¤&^†~,,,                                          ,,,~†^&¤@#
@¤&^†~,,,,                                          ,,,,~†^&¤@
¤&^†~,,,,,                                          ,,,,,~†^&¤
&^†~,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,~†^&
^†~,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,~†^