###§%^^=., ,.=^^%§###
§%%^.,,,,, ,,,,,.^%%§
#¶%^==.,,, ,,,.==^%¶#
§%^...,,,, ,,,,...^%§
¶§^^..,,,, ,,,,..^^§¶
#¶%%^^=,,, (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. ,....=^^§§
¶¶¶§%^^=., ,.=^^%§¶¶¶
¶§%%^..,,, ,,,..^%%§¶
¶%%^^^^=., ,.=^^^^%%¶
¶¶¶§%^^=., ,.=^^%§¶¶¶
##¶§%^^=., ,.=^^%§¶##