*=~.,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,.~=*
=~.,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,.~=
~.,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,.~
.,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,.
~.,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,.~
=~.,,,,,,,                (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.         ,,,,,,,.~=
*=~.,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,.~=*
¤*=~.,,,,,                                          ,,,,,.~=*¤
¤¤*=~.,,,,                                          ,,,,.~=*¤¤
#¤¤*=~.,,,                                          ,,,.~=*¤¤#
##¤¤*=~.,,                                          ,,.~=*¤¤##