,,,,,,.~*$                                          $*~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~*                                          *~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~                                          ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,.                                          .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~                                          ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~*               (EQUISETUM)                *~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.~*$                                          $*~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~*$$                                          $$*~.,,,,,
,,,,.~*$$@                                          @$$*~.,,,,
,,,.~*$$@#        ,.~*~., THE PLANT ,.~*~.,         #@$$*~.,,,
,,.~*$$@##                                          ##@$$*~.,,
,.~*$$@### THE  EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT MUCH  OLDER ###@$$*~.,
,,.~*$$@## THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ##@$$*~.,,
,,,.~*$$@# OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S  LIGHT GREEN #@$$*~.,,,
,,,,.~*$$@ TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY @$$*~.,,,,
,,,,,.~*$$               TRANSPARENT.               $$*~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~*$                                          $*~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~* THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA  IS *~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~ STACKED  UPON THE  NEXT, WITH  SPOKELIKE ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,. RIBS  RADIATING  OUTWARD. EVEN  SO, IT'S .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~ VERY LIGHT,  BEING  HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~* THE  HEIGHT OF  A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES *~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.~*$            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 $*~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~* SEPARATE  PLANES,  A  FEW CENTIMETERS IN *~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~ HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED   IN ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,. THESE,  HITTING   EACH  IN  TURN   IN  A .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~       SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND      ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~*          EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.         *~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.~*$                                          $*~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~*$$                                          $$*~.,,,,,
,,,,.~*$$@                                          @$$*~.,,,,
,,,.~*$$@#                                          #@$$*~.,,,
,,.~*$$@##                                          ##@$$*~.,,