,,,~=:*$@@ @@$*:=~,,,
,,~=:*$@@# #@@$*:=~,,
,~=:*$@@## ##@@$*:=~,
,,~=:*$@@# #@@$*:=~,,
,,,~=:*$@@ @@$*:=~,,,
,,,,~=:*$@ (EQUISETUM) @$*:=~,,,,
,,,~=:*$@@ @@$*:=~,,,
,,~=:*$@@# #@@$*:=~,,
,~=:*$@@## ##@@$*:=~,
,,~=:*$@@# ,~=:=~, THE PLANT ,~=:=~, #@@$*:=~,,
,,,~=:*$@@ @@$*:=~,,,
,,,,~=:*$@ THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER @$*:=~,,,,
,,,~=:*$@@ THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH @@$*:=~,,,
,,~=:*$@@# OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN #@@$*:=~,,
,~=:*$@@## TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY ##@@$*:=~,
,,~=:*$@@# TRANSPARENT. #@@$*:=~,,
,,,~=:*$@@ @@$*:=~,,,
,,,,~=:*$@ THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS @$*:=~,,,,
,,,~=:*$@@ STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE @@$*:=~,,,
,,~=:*$@@# RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S #@@$*:=~,,
,~=:*$@@## VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ##@@$*:=~,
,,~=:*$@@# THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES #@@$*:=~,,
,,,~=:*$@@ A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. @@$*:=~,,,
,,,,~=:*$@ @$*:=~,,,,
,,,~=:*$@@ IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP @@$*:=~,,,
,,~=:*$@@# AREAS #@@$*:=~,,
,~=:*$@@## ##@@$*:=~,
,,~=:*$@@# #@@$*:=~,,
,,,~=:*$@@ @@$*:=~,,,
,,,,~=:*$@ ,~=:=~, IN MAGIC ,~=:=~, @$*:=~,,,,
,,,~=:*$@@ @@$*:=~,,,
,,~=:*$@@# WHEN A COLONY NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH, IT #@@$*:=~,,
,~=:*$@@## SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO ##@@$*:=~,
,,~=:*$@@# SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN #@@$*:=~,,
,,,~=:*$@@ HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN @@$*:=~,,,
,,,,~=:*$@ THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A @$*:=~,,,,
,,,~=:*$@@ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND @@$*:=~,,,
,,~=:*$@@# EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. #@@$*:=~,,
,~=:*$@@## ##@@$*:=~,
,,~=:*$@@# #@@$*:=~,,
,,,~=:*$@@ @@$*:=~,,,
,,,,~=:*$@ @$*:=~,,,,
,,,~=:*$@@ @@$*:=~,,,