@@@,,@,,,@                                          ,@@,,@@,@,
,@@,@@,,@,                                          @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,,@,@@,                                          @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@@,,@,                                          @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,,@,@@,                                          @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@@,,@,                (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.          @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,,@,@@,                                          @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@@,,@,                                          @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,,@,@@,                                          @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@@,,@,                                          @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,,@,@@,                                          @,@,@,@,@,