,,,,^-:=*§                                          §*=:-^,,,,
,,,,,^-:=*                                          *=:-^,,,,,
,,,,,,^-:=                                          =:-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-:=*                                          *=:-^,,,,,
,,,,^-:=*§                                          §*=:-^,,,,
,,,^-:=*§#                (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.          ###§*=:-^,
,,^-:=*§##                                          ##§*=:-^,,
,,,^-:=*§#                                          #§*=:-^,,,
,,,,^-:=*§                                          §*=:-^,,,,
,,,,,^-:=*                                          *=:-^,,,,,
,,,,,,^-:=                                          =:-^,,,,,,