#@#&&*^-^. .^-^*&&#@#
@#&*----^. .^----*&#@
#&&*-..... .....-*&&#
@#&^^^^... ...^^^^&#@
#@#&&*^-^. .^-^*&&#@#
##@&&*^-^. (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. .^-^*&&#@#
#&&&^^^-^. .^-^^^&&&#
&&*-...... ......-*&&
&&&^^^.... ....^^^&&&
@#&&&*^-^. .^-^*&&&#@
###&&*^-^. .^-^*&&###