#@¶#%†*=,¨                                          ¨,=*†%#¶@#
##@#%†*=,¨                                          ¨,=*†%#@##
#@¶#%†*=,¨                                          ¨,=*†%#¶@#
##@#%†*=,¨                                          ¨,=*†%#@##
¶¶##%†*=,¨                                          ¨,=*†%##¶¶
¶%%††===,¨               (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.          ¨¨¨¨,**†#¶
#@¶#%†*=,¨                                          ¨,=*†%#¶@#
#@¶#%†*=,¨                                          ¨,=*†%#¶@#
#@¶#%†*=,¨                                          ¨,=*†%#¶@#
#@¶#%†*=,¨                                          ¨,=*†%#¶@#
#††=¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨=††#