,,,,,~=/$% %$/=~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=/$ $/=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=/ /=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~=/$ $/=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~=/$% %$/=~,,,,,
,,,,~=/$%£ (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. $/=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=/ /=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~=/$ $/=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~=/$% %$/=~,,,,,
,,,,~=/$%£ £%$/=~,,,,
,,,~=/$%£@ @£%$/=~,,,