###&%$*~-,                                          ,-~*$%&###
#£%%$$*~-,                                          ,-~*$$%%£#
##£&%$*~-,                                          ,-~*$%&£##
&%%**~-,,,                                          ,,,-~**%%&
£££&%$*~-,                                          ,-~*$%&£££
&%$$$$*~-,                (EQUISETUM)               ,-~*$$$$%&
£££&%$*~-,                                          ,-~*$%&£££
£%%%$$*~-,                                          ,-~*$$%%%£
###£&$*~-,                                          ,-~*$&£###
###£%$*~-,        ,-~*~-, THE PLANT ,-~*~-,         ,-~*$%£###
##£&%$*~-,                                          ,-~*$%&£##
###£&%*~-, THE  EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT  MUCH OLDER ,-~*%&£###
£&&%%$*~-, THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ,-~*$%%&&£
£&%$$$*~-, 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      ,,,,,-**%£
#££&%$*~-,          EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.         ,-~*$%&££#
&$*~,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,~*$&
&$**-,,,,,                                          ,,,,,-**$&
£££&%$*~-,                                          ,-~*$%&£££
£%*-,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,-*%£
£&&%*~-,,,                                          ,,,-~*%&&£