,,-\=%&@## ##@&%=\-,,
,,,,--\%%& &%%\--,,,,
,,,-\===&@ @&===\-,,,
,,-\=%&@## ##@&%=\-,,
,,-\=%&@## ##@&%=\-,,
,,,,,--\%& (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. #@@&%=\-,,
,,,--\\=%& &%=\\--,,,
,,-\\==&@@ @@&==\\-,,
,,,,-\%%@@ @@%%\-,,,,
,,-\=%@### ###@%=\-,,
,,-\=%&@## ##@&%=\-,,