,,,,,~\*$@                                          @$*\~,,,,,
,,,,,,~\*$                                          $*\~,,,,,,
,,,,,~\*$@                                          @$*\~,,,,,
,,,,~\*$@#                                          #@$*\~,,,,
,,,~\*$@##                                          ##@$*\~,,,
,,~\*$@###                (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.         ###@$*\~,,
,,,~\*$@##                                          ##@$*\~,,,
,,,,~\*$@#                                          #@$*\~,,,,
,,,,,~\*$@                                          @$*\~,,,,,
,,,,,,~\*$                                          $*\~,,,,,,
,,,,,~\*$@                                          @$*\~,,,,,