,,:=/*%§£@ @£§%*/=:,,
,:=/*%§£@# #@£§%*/=:,
,,:=/*%§£@ @£§%*/=:,,
,,,:=/*%§£ £§%*/=:,,,
,,,,:=/*%§ §%*/=:,,,,
,,,,,:=/*% (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. #@£§%*/=:,
,,:=/*%§£@ @£§%*/=:,,
,,,:=/*%§£ £§%*/=:,,,
,,,,:=/*%§ §%*/=:,,,,
,,,,,:=/*% %*/=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=/* */=:,,,,,,