@@@;~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~;@@@
#@@&@*;~-¨ ¨-~;*@&@@#
@@@&@*;~-¨ ¨-~;*@&@@@
@&@***;~-¨ ¨-~;***@&@
##@@&@;~-¨ ¨-~;@&@@##
#@@&@*;~-¨ (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. ¨¨¨-~~~;@&
@&&&@*;~-¨ ¨-~;*@&&&@
##@&@*;~-¨ ¨-~;*@&@##
##@&@*;~-¨ ¨-~;*@&@##
#@@&@*;~-¨ ¨-~;*@&@@#
#@@&@*;~-¨ ¨-~;*@&@@#