.^=*=%§@##                                          ##@§%=*=^.
.^=*=%§@##                                          ##@§%=*=^.
.^=*=%§@##                                          ##@§%=*=^.
.....==%@#                                          #@%==.....
....=*%%@@                                          @@%%*=....
......^*%§               (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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