,,-/*@## ###&@*/-,,
,,-/*@## ###&@*/-,,
,,,,/**@ #&@**/,,,,
,,-/*@## ###&@*/-,,
,,,,,,,/*& &*/,,,,,,,
,,,,/**# (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. &&@///,,,,
,,,-//** #&**//-,,,
,,-/@### ####&@/-,,
,,/*@### ####&@*/,,
,,,,,-/@ #&@/-,,,,,
,,,,//*& #&&*//,,,,