#§%$/-^,,,                                          ,,,^-/$%§#
§%$/-^,,,,                                          ,,,,^-/$%§
%$/-^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^-/$%
§%$/-^,,,,                                          ,,,,^-/$%§
#§%$/-^,,,                                          ,,,^-/$%§#
@#§%$/-^,,               (equisetum)                ,,^-/$%§#@
#@#§%$/-^,                                          ,^-/$%§#@#
@#§%$/-^,,                                          ,,^-/$%§#@
#§%$/-^,,,                                          ,,,^-/$%§#
§%$/-^,,,,        ,^-/-^, the plant ,^-/-^,         ,,,,^-/$%§
%$/-^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^-/$%
§%$/-^,,,, the  equisetum  is  a  plant  much older ,,,,^-/$%§
#§%$/-^,,, than  ferns,  which  are  in  turn  much ,,,^-/$%§#
@#§%$/-^,, older than most trees. it's  light green ,,^-/$%§#@
#@#§%$/-^, to  yellow  in  color  and  is  slightly ,^-/$%§#@#
@#§%$/-^,,               transparent.               ,,^-/$%§#@
#§%$/-^,,,                                          ,,,^-/$%§#
§%$/-^,,,, the plant has  a spine. each vertebra is ,,,,^-/$%§
%$/-^,,,,, stacked  upon  the next,  with spokelike ,,,,,^-/$%
§%$/-^,,,, ribs radiating  outward.  even  so, it's ,,,,^-/$%§
#§%$/-^,,, very  light, being  hollow. it's roughly ,,,^-/$%§#
@#§%$/-^,, the height of  a  foxes tail, and shares ,,^-/$%§#@
#@#§%$/-^,            a similar plumage.            ,^-/$%§#@#
@#§%$/-^,,                                          ,,^-/$%§#@
#§%$/-^,,, it  likes  partial  shade  and very damp ,,,^-/$%§#
§%$/-^,,,,                   areas                  ,,,,^-/$%§
%$/-^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^-/$%
§%$/-^,,,,                                          ,,,,^-/$%§
#§%$/-^,,,                                          ,,,^-/$%§#
@#§%$/-^,,         ,^-/-^, in magic ,^-/-^,         ,,^-/$%§#@
#@#§%$/-^,                                          ,^-/$%§#@#
@#§%$/-^,, when a colony  numbers high  enough,  it ,,^-/$%§#@
#§%$/-^,,, slices   the  air  in  the  forest  into ,,,^-/$%§#
§%$/-^,,,, separate  planes,  a few centimeters  in ,,,,^-/$%§
%$/-^,,,,, height.   time  can  get  diffracted  in ,,,,,^-/$%
§%$/-^,,,, these,   hitting  each  in  turn  in   a ,,,,^-/$%§
#§%$/-^,,,       slightly different angle, and      ,,,^-/$%§#
@#§%$/-^,,          eventually spread thin.         ,,^-/$%§#@
#@#§%$/-^,                                          ,^-/$%§#@#
@#§%$/-^,,                                          ,,^-/$%§#@
#§%$/-^,,,                                          ,,,^-/$%§#
§%$/-^,,,,                                          ,,,,^-/$%§
%$/-^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^-/$%