@££†.¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨.†££@
@£$†.¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨.†$£@
@@@#£$†».¨                                          ¨.»†$£#@@@
###@#$†».¨                                          ¨.»†$#@###
##££$$†».¨                                          ¨.»†$$££##
@@#£$†.¨¨¨               (EQUISETUM)                ¨¨¨.†$£#@@
##@#£$†».¨                                          ¨.»†$£#@##
#$»¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨»$#
##@#£$†».¨                                          ¨.»†$£#@##
#£$†»..¨¨¨         ¨.»†».¨ THE PLANT ¨.»†».¨        ¨¨¨..»†$£#
@@£$†»¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨»†$£@@
#££†»¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨.†£##
###@£$†».¨ SLICES  THE  AIR   IN  THE  FOREST  INTO ¨.»†$£@###
##@#£$†».¨ SEPARATE  PLANES,  A  FEW CENTIMETERS IN ¨.»†$£#@##
##@#£$†».¨ HEIGHT.   TIME  CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED  IN ¨.»†$£#@##
##@#£$†».¨ THESE,   HITTING  EACH  IN   TURN  IN  A ¨.»†$£#@##
#££$†.¨¨¨¨      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       ¨¨¨¨.†$££#
##@#£$†».¨          EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.         ¨.»†$£#@##
##@#£$†».¨                                          ¨.»†$£#@##
@££†»¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨»†££@
##@#£$†».¨                                          ¨.»†$£#@##
#@£†.¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨.†£@#
#@@#£$†».¨                                          ¨.»†$£#@@#