.,~\*&#@## ##@#&*\~,.
......~*## ##*~......
.,~\*&#@## ##@#&*\~,.
.,~\*#@### ###@#*\~,.
....,~\&&# #&&\~,....
......,~*# (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. #**~,.....
.,~\*&#@## ##@#&*\~,.
.,~\**&&&# #&&&**\~,.
.,~\*&#@## ##@#&*\~,.
.,~\*&#@## ##@#&*\~,.
.,~\*&#### ####&*\~,.