,:»/%§¤¶@# #@¶¤§%/»:,
,,,,,»»/§¤ ¤§/»»,,,,,
,,,,:/%¤¤@ @¤¤%/:,,,,
,:»/%§¤¶@# #@¶¤§%/»:,
,,,,:»%¤¶¶ ¶¶¤%»:,,,,
,,,,,»%§¶¶ (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. @@¶¤§%/»:,
,:»/%§¤¶@@ @@¶¤§%/»:,
,:»/%§¤¶@# #@¶¤§%/»:,
,:»/%%%§¤@ @¤§%%%/»:,
,:/%§¤¶@## ##@¶¤§%/:,
,:»/%§¤¶@# #@¶¤§%/»:,