.~~^§&¶@## ##@¶&§^~~.
.~~^*§&¶@# #@¶&§*^~~.
.~~^*§&¶@@ @@¶&§*^~~.
.....~^^§¶ ¶§^^~.....
.~~^*§&¶@# #@¶&§*^~~.
.~~^*§&¶@# (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. ¶§§§*^^~~.
.~~^^^^^§& &§^^^^^~~.
...~^^*§¶@ @¶§*^^~...
.~~^*§&@## ##@&§*^~~.
.~~^*§&¶@# #@¶&§*^~~.
.~~^*§&&¶¶ ¶¶&&§*^~~.