.....~=&¤@ @¤&=~.....
.~~=^&¤@## ##@¤&^=~~.
.~~=^&¤@## ##@¤&^=~~.
....~==&¤@ @¤&==~....
.~~=^&¤@@# #@@¤&^=~~.
.~~=^&¤¤@@ (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. ##@¤&^=~~.
.~~=^&¤@## ##@¤&^=~~.
.....~~=&@ @&=~~.....
....~==^^¤ ¤^^==~....
.~~=^&@### ###@&^=~~.
.~~=^&¤@## ##@¤&^=~~.