,,~«:=*&##                                          ##&*=:«~,,
,,,~«:=*&#                                          #&*=:«~,,,
,,,,~«:=*&                                          &*=:«~,,,,
,,,,,~«:=*                                          *=:«~,,,,,
,,,,,,~«:=                                          =:«~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~«:                (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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,,,,,,,~«:                                          :«~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~«:=                                          =:«~,,,,,,