.^-\%%§@##                                          ##@§%%\-^.
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.^-\%%%%%§                                          §%%%%%\-^.
.^-\%%§@@@                                          @@@§%%\-^.
.^-\%%%%@@                                          @@%%%%\-^.
.^-\%%@@##                (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.         §%\\^^....
...^--%%%@                                          @%%%--^...
.^-\%%§@@#                                          #@@§%%\-^.
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.^-\%%%§§@                                          @§§%%%\-^.
.^^^^--%%§                                          §%%--^^^^.