#.##...#.#                                          ..#.#####.
###.#..###                                          ..###....#
...###.#..                                          #.#..#...#
#..#..###.                                          .###.##..#
.#.##.#..#                                          ##..##.#.#
####.###.#               (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.         .##...#..#
.#.###....                                          ##.#..##.#
####..#...                                          ..###.#.##
....#.##..                                          #.#..####.
....###.#.                                          .###.#...#
#...#..###                                          ##..###..#