,,~/*%&&&&                                          &&&&%*/~,,
,,~/*%&¶@#                                          #@¶&%*/~,,
,,~/*%&¶@#                                          #@¶&%*/~,,
,,~/*%&¶@#                                          #@¶&%*/~,,
,,~/*%&¶@@                                          @@¶&%*/~,,
,,~/*%&¶@@                (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.          ##@¶&%*/~,
,,~/*%&¶@@                                          @@¶&%*/~,,
,,~///*%%¶                                          ¶%%*///~,,
,,~/*%&¶@#                                          #@¶&%*/~,,
,,,,,~*&¶@                                          @¶&*~,,,,,
,,,~///*&¶                                          ¶&*///~,,,