,,&,,&&,&&                                          ,&,&&&&&&,
,&&,&,&&,&                                          &&&,,,,,&,
&,&&&&,&&&                                          ,,&,,,,&&,
&&,,,&&,,,                                          ,&&,,,&,&&
,&,,&,&,,&                                          &,&,,&&&,,
&&,&&&&,&&                (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.          &,&,&,&,,&
,,,,,&,,,&                                          &&&&&&&,&,
,,,,&&,,&,                                          ,,,,,,&&&,
,,,&,&,&&,                                          ,,,,,&,,&,
,,&&&&&,&,                                          ,,,,&&,&&,
,&,,,,&&&&                                          ,,,&,&&,&,