,,,^-†%@@#                                          #@@%†-^,,,
,,^-†%@@##                                          ##@@%†-^,,
,^-†%@@###                                          ###@@%†-^,
,,^-†%@@##                                          ##@@%†-^,,
,,,^-†%@@#                                          #@@%†-^,,,
,,,,^-†%@@               (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.          %†-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-†%@                                          @%†-^,,,,,
,,,,^-†%@@                                          @@%†-^,,,,
,,,^-†%@@#                                          #@@%†-^,,,
,,^-†%@@##                                          ##@@%†-^,,
,^-†%@@###                                          ###@@%†-^,