...~»»*@¤@ @¤@*»»~...
......»*@¤ ¤@*»......
.....~»**¤ ¤**»~.....
....~\@¤¤# #¤¤@\~....
..~~~»»»*¤ ¤*»»»~~~..
.~~»»\\@¤# (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. #@**»~~~..
...~~»»*¤# #¤*»»~~...
.~»\*@¤### ###¤@*\»~.
.~»\*@¤#@# #@#¤@*\»~.
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.~»\*@¤### ###¤@*\»~.