¤****-^^.. ..^^-****¤
#@#¤***-^. .^-***¤#@#
##***-.... ....-***##
¤**-^^^... ...^^^-**¤
#¤***-.... ....-***¤#
#@#¤***-^. (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. ....^^^-*¤
¤¤*****-^. .^-*****¤¤
#¤¤**-.... ....-**¤¤#
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