,,~\^§§@@#                                          #@@§§^\~,,
,,~\^§§@@@                                          @@@§§^\~,,
,,~\^§§@@#                                          #@@§§^\~,,
,,~\^§§@@@                                          @@@§§^\~,,
,,~\\\\§@@                                          @@§\\\\~,,
,,,,,\§§@@               (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.         §§§§^~,,,,
,,~\^§§@##                                          ##@§§^\~,,
,,~\^§§@@#                                          #@@§§^\~,,
,,~\^§@@##                                          ##@@§^\~,,
,,~\^§§@@@                                          @@@§§^\~,,
,,~\^§§@@#                                          #@@§§^\~,,