,,,,,****¶ ¶****,,,,,
,,,,,,,**¶ ¶**,,,,,,,
,,~***#¶## ##¶#***~,,
,,,,,,~~*# #*~~,,,,,,
,,,,~~***# #***~~,,,,
,,~***#### (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. ##¶#***~,,
,,,,,,,**# #**,,,,,,,
,,,,,~***# #***~,,,,,
,,,,,,,~*# #*~,,,,,,,
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