%^~,...... ......,~^%
$%^~,..... .....,~^%$
@$%^~,.... ....,~^%$@
@@$%^~,... ...,~^%$@@
#@@$%^~,.. ..,~^%$@@#
##@@$%^~,. (EQUISETUM) .,~^%$@@##
#@@$%^~,.. ..,~^%$@@#
@@$%^~,... ...,~^%$@@
@$%^~,.... ....,~^%$@
$%^~,..... .,~^~,. THE PLANT .,~^~,. .....,~^%$
%^~,...... ......,~^%
^~,....... 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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