,^~:*§§###                                          ###§§*:~^,
,^~:*§§###                                          ###§§*:~^,
,,,,^~:*§#                                          #§*:~^,,,,
,^~:*§§#@#                                          #@#§§*:~^,
,,,,,,,~*§                                          §*~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^~*§               (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.         §§*:^,,,,,
,^~:*§§#@#                                          #@#§§*:~^,
,^~:*§§#@#                                          #@#§§*:~^,
,,,,,,~:§§                                          §§:~,,,,,,
,,,,^^~:*§                                          §*:~^^,,,,
,,,^~::§§#                                          #§§::~^,,,