.~~^$$§@## ##@§$$^~~.
.~~^$$§@## ##@§$$^~~.
.~~^$$§@## ##@§$$^~~.
......~^$§ §$^~......
.~~^$$@### ###@$$^~~.
....~~~^$§ (EQUISETUM) §$^~~~....
..~~^$$§§@ @§§$$^~~..
.~~^$$§@## ##@§$$^~~.
....~^$§@@ @@§$^~....
....~~^$$§ .~~^~~. THE PLANT .~~^~~. §$$^~~....
...~~^^$$@ @$$^^~~...
.~~^$$§@@# THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER #@@§$$^~~.
.~~^$$§@## THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH ##@§$$^~~.
...~~~^$§# OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN #§$^~~~...
...~^^$$$@ TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY @$$$^^~...
...~~^$§§# TRANSPARENT. #§§$^~~...
.....~^$@@ @@$^~.....
..~~~^$$§@ THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS @§$$^~~~..
....~~^$§# STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE #§$^~~....
.~~^$$§@## RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S ##@§$$^~~.
.~~^$$$$$§ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY §$$$$$^~~.
.~~^$$§@## 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. §§$$$~~~~.
.~~^$$§@## ##@§$$^~~.
.....~^$§§ §§$^~.....
.~~^$$§@## ##@§$$^~~.
.~~^$$@### ###@$$^~~.
.~~^$$§@@@ @@@§$$^~~.