*^=:¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=^*
@*^=:¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨:=^*@
§@*^=:¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨:=^*@§
#§@*^=:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:=^*@§#
##§@*^=:¨¨                                          ¨¨:=^*@§##
###§@*^=:¨               (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.         ¨¨¨¨¨:=^*@
§@*^=:¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨:=^*@§
#§@*^=:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:=^*@§#
##§@*^=:¨¨                                          ¨¨:=^*@§##
###§@*^=:¨                                          ¨:=^*@§###
##§@*^=:¨¨                                          ¨¨:=^*@§##