,,,^-^$$¤@                                          @¤$$^-^,,,
,,^-^$$¤@#                                          #@¤$$^-^,,
,^-^$$¤@##                                          ##@¤$$^-^,
,,^-^$$¤@#                                          #@¤$$^-^,,
,,,^-^$$¤@                                          @¤$$^-^,,,
,,,,^-^$$¤                (EQUISETUM)               ¤$$^-^,,,,
,,,,,^-^$$                                          $$^-^,,,,,
,,,,,,^-^$                                          $^-^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-^                                          ^-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^-        ,^-^-^, THE PLANT ,^-^-^,         -^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-^                                          ^-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^-^$ 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 $^-^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-^      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       ^-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^-         EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.          -^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-^                                          ^-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^-^$                                          $^-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-^$$                                          $$^-^,,,,,
,,,,^-^$$¤                                          ¤$$^-^,,,,
,,,^-^$$¤@                                          @¤$$^-^,,,