,,&&,&,&,&                                          &&&&,&&,&&
,&,&&&&&&,                                          ,,,&&,&&,&
&&&,,,,,&,                                          ,,&,&&,&&&
,,&,,,,&&&                                          ,&&&,&&,,,
,&&,,,&,,,                                          &,,&&,&,,,
&,&,,&&,,,               (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.         ,,&&,,&,,,
&&&&&&,,,&                                          ,&,&,&&,,&
,,,,,&,,&,                                          &&&&&,&,&,
,,,,&&,&&,                                          ,,,,&&&&&,
,,,&,&&,&,                                          ,,,&,,,,&,
,,&&&,&&&,                                          ,,&&,,,&&,