,,,,:~:$&£                                          £&$:~:,,,,
,,,:~:$&£#                                          #£&$:~:,,,
,,:~:$&£##                                          ##£&$:~:,,
,:~:$&£###                                          ###£&$:~:,
,,:~:$&£##                                          ##£&$:~:,,
,,,:~:$&£#                (EQUISETUM)               #£&$:~:,,,
,,,,:~:$&£                                          £&$:~:,,,,
,,,,,:~:$&                                          &$:~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~:$                                          $:~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~:        ,:~:~:, THE PLANT ,:~:~:,         :~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~                                          ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: THE  EQUISETUM  IS A  PLANT  MUCH  OLDER :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, OLDER THAN MOST TREES.  IT'S LIGHT GREEN ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,               TRANSPARENT.               ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA  IS ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, STACKED UPON  THE  NEXT,  WITH SPOKELIKE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: RIBS RADIATING  OUTWARD.  EVEN SO,  IT'S :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ VERY LIGHT,  BEING HOLLOW. IT'S  ROUGHLY ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~: THE HEIGHT  OF A FOXES TAIL,  AND SHARES :~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~:$            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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