,:-*@@#### ####@@*-:,
,,:-*@@### ###@@*-:,,
,,,:-*@@## ##@@*-:,,,
,,,,:-*@@# #@@*-:,,,,
,,,,,:-*@@ @@*-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-*@ (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. #@@*-:,,,,
,,,:-*@@## ##@@*-:,,,
,,:-*@@### ###@@*-:,,
,:-*@@#### ####@@*-:,
,,:-*@@### ###@@*-:,,
,,,:-*@@## ##@@*-:,,,