##¶#@=*~.,                                          ,.~*=@#¶##
#¶#@=*~.,,                                          ,,.~*=@#¶#
##¶#@=*~.,                                          ,.~*=@#¶##
#¶#@=*~.,,                                          ,,.~*=@#¶#
##¶#@=*~.,                                          ,.~*=@#¶##
#¶#@=*~.,,                (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.         ,,.~*=@#¶#
##¶#@=*~.,                                          ,.~*=@#¶##
#¶#@=*~.,,                                          ,,.~*=@#¶#
##¶#@=*~.,                                          ,.~*=@#¶##
#¶#@=*~.,,                                          ,,.~*=@#¶#
##¶#@=*~.,                                          ,.~*=@#¶##