,,##,###,#                                          ##,##,####
#,#,##,,##                                          ,,##,##,,,
#####,#,#,                                          ,,#,##,#,,
#,,,,#####                                          ,,###,###,
##,,,#,,,,                                          #,#,,##,,#
,,#,,##,,,               (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.         #,##,,#,,,
##,###,,##                                          ,##,#,##,,
#,##,,#,#,                                          ##,####,#,
###,#,####                                          ,,##,,,###
,,,####,,,                                          #,#,#,,#,,
,,,#,,,#,,                                          ######,##,