,~~**†%%@@ @@%%†**~~,
,,,,,,~*†@ @†*~,,,,,,
,~~*†%@@## ##@@%†*~~,
,~~~~†%%@@ @@%%†~~~~,
,,,,,~*%@@ @@%*~,,,,,
,,,~~~~~†@ (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. ###@@†*~~,
,~~*†%@@## ##@@%†*~~,
,~~*†%@@## ##@@%†*~~,
,~~*†%@@## ##@@%†*~~,
,~~*†%@@@# #@@@%†*~~,
,~~*†%@@@@ @@@@%†*~~,