,,,,,~-:^$ $^:-~,,,,,
,,,,,,~-:^ ^:-~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~-: :-~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~- -~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~- (EQUISETUM) -~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~-: :-~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~-:^ ^:-~,,,,,,
,,,,,~-:^$ $^:-~,,,,,
,,,,~-:^$# ,~-:-~, 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 $^:-~,,,,,
,,,,,,~-:^ SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN ^:-~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~-: HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN :-~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~- THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A -~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~- EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. -~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~-: :-~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~-:^ ^:-~,,,,,,
,,,,,~-:^$ $^:-~,,,,,
,,,,~-:^$# #$^:-~,,,,
,,,~-:^$#@ @#$^:-~,,,