#@#§@%=»,, ,,»=%@§#@#
§§%%%»,,,, ,,,,»%%%§§
#§§@==»»,, ,,»»==@§§#
@@#§@%=»,, ,,»=%@§#@@
##@§@%=»,, ,,»=%@§@##
#@#§@%=»,, (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. ,,»=%@§@##
##@§@%=»,, ,,»=%@§@##
§@=»,,,,,, ,,,,,,»=@§
##@§@%=»,, ,,»=%@§@##
#@#§@%=»,, ,,»=%@§#@#
#@#§@%=»,, ,,»=%@§#@#