,,,,~=/*@§ §@*/=~,,,,
,,,,,~=/*@ @*/=~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=/* */=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=/ /=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~= =~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=/ (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. ¶§@*/=~,,,
,,~=/*@§¶# #¶§@*/=~,,
,~=/*@§¶## ##¶§@*/=~,
,,~=/*@§¶# #¶§@*/=~,,
,,,~=/*@§¶ ¶§@*/=~,,,
,,,,~=/*@§ §@*/=~,,,,