,,.~†==¤¤@                                          @¤¤==†~.,,
,.~†=¤§@##                                          ##@§¤=†~.,
,.~†=¤§@##                                          ##@§¤=†~.,
,,,,,~†¤¤§                                          §¤¤†~,,,,,
,.~†=¤@###                                          ###@¤=†~.,
,,,,,,,~=§               (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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,.~†=¤¤¤§§                                          §§¤¤¤=†~.,
,.~†=¤§§@#                                          #@§§¤=†~.,
,,,,,.††=§                                          §=††.,,,,,