.-«\†§@£@#                                          #@£@§†\«-.
....«\\§§£                                          £§§\\«....
.-«\†§@£@@                                          @@£@§†\«-.
.-«\†§@£@#                                          #@£@§†\«-.
.-«\†§@£@#                                          #@£@§†\«-.
.-«\†§@£@#                (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.         ##@£§†\«-.
.....-\§@£                                          £@§\-.....
....-«††§£                                          £§††«-....
.-«\††§@££                                          ££@§††\«-.
.-«\†§@££@                                          @££@§†\«-.
.-«\†§@£@#                                          #@£@§†\«-.