,,,,,,,«%@                                          @%«,,,,,,,
,,,,,«%%$@                                          @$%%«,,,,,
,,«/%$@@##                                          ##@@$%/«,,
,,,,,,,«%@                                          @%«,,,,,,,
,,,,,«%$$@                                          @$$%«,,,,,
,,«/%$@@##                (EQUISETUM)               ##@@$%/«,,
,,«/%$@@##                                          ##@@$%/«,,
,,«/%$@@##                                          ##@@$%/«,,
,,«////$$@                                          @$$////«,,
,,«/%$@@@@        ,,«/«,, THE PLANT ,,«/«,,         @@@@$%/«,,
,,«/$@@###                                          ###@@$/«,,
,,,,,/$$$@ THE  EQUISETUM  IS A  PLANT  MUCH  OLDER @$$$/,,,,,
,,,,,,,/$@ THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH @$/,,,,,,,
,,,,,,««%@ 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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