,~=†$%@###                                          ###@%$†=~,
,,~=†$%@##                                          ##@%$†=~,,
,,,~=†$%@#                                          #@%$†=~,,,
,,,,~=†$%@                                          @%$†=~,,,,
,,,~=†$%@#                                          #@%$†=~,,,
,,~=†$%@##                (equisetum)               ##@%$†=~,,
,~=†$%@###                                          ###@%$†=~,
,,~=†$%@##                                          ##@%$†=~,,
,,,~=†$%@#                                          #@%$†=~,,,
,,,,~=†$%@        ,~=†=~, the plant ,~=†=~,         @%$†=~,,,,
,,,~=†$%@#                                          #@%$†=~,,,
,,~=†$%@## the  equisetum  is  a  plant much  older ##@%$†=~,,
,~=†$%@### than  ferns,  which  are  in  turn  much ###@%$†=~,
,,~=†$%@## older than  most trees. it's light green ##@%$†=~,,
,,,~=†$%@# to  yellow  in  color  and  is  slightly #@%$†=~,,,
,,,,~=†$%@               transparent.               @%$†=~,,,,
,,,~=†$%@#                                          #@%$†=~,,,
,,~=†$%@## the plant  has a spine. each vertebra is ##@%$†=~,,
,~=†$%@### stacked  upon the next,  with  spokelike ###@%$†=~,
,,~=†$%@## ribs  radiating outward.  even  so, it's ##@%$†=~,,
,,,~=†$%@# very light, being hollow.  it's  roughly #@%$†=~,,,
,,,,~=†$%@ the  height of a foxes tail, and  shares @%$†=~,,,,
,,,~=†$%@#            a similar plumage.            #@%$†=~,,,
,,~=†$%@##                                          ##@%$†=~,,
,~=†$%@### it  likes  partial  shade and  very damp ###@%$†=~,
,,~=†$%@##                  areas                   ##@%$†=~,,
,,,~=†$%@#                                          #@%$†=~,,,
,,,,~=†$%@                                          @%$†=~,,,,
,,,~=†$%@#                                          #@%$†=~,,,
,,~=†$%@##         ,~=†=~, in magic ,~=†=~,         ##@%$†=~,,
,~=†$%@###                                          ###@%$†=~,
,,~=†$%@## when a  colony numbers  high  enough, it ##@%$†=~,,
,,,~=†$%@# slices  the  air  in  the   forest  into #@%$†=~,,,
,,,,~=†$%@ separate planes,  a  few  centimeters in @%$†=~,,,,
,,,~=†$%@# height.  time   can  get  diffracted  in #@%$†=~,,,
,,~=†$%@## these,   hitting   each  in  turn  in  a ##@%$†=~,,
,~=†$%@###       slightly different angle, and      ###@%$†=~,
,,~=†$%@##          eventually spread thin.         ##@%$†=~,,
,,,~=†$%@#                                          #@%$†=~,,,
,,,,~=†$%@                                          @%$†=~,,,,
,,,~=†$%@#                                          #@%$†=~,,,
,,~=†$%@##                                          ##@%$†=~,,
,~=†$%@###                                          ###@%$†=~,