.-~^*$$@@@ @@@$$*^~-.
.-~^*$@### ###@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@# #@#@$*^~-.
.-~^**$@@# #@@$**^~-.
.....-^*@@ @@*^-.....
.-~^*$@##@ (EQUISETUM) @##@$*^~-.
.-~^*$#@## ##@#$*^~-.
.-~^*@#@## ##@#@*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@# #@#@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@# .-~^~-. THE PLANT .-~^~-. #@#@$*^~-.
..--~~~*@@ @@*~~~--..
.-~^****$@ THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER @$****^~-.
.-~^*$@@@@ THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH @@@@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@### OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ###@$*^~-.
.-~^*$$@#@ TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY @#@$$*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@@ TRANSPARENT. @@#@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@# #@#@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@# THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS #@#@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@### STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE ###@$*^~-.
...~^^$@@@ RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S @@@$^^~...
.-~^*$@#@# VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY #@#@$*^~-.
...-~^$$@@ THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES @@$$^~-...
.-~^*$@#@# A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. #@#@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@# #@#@$*^~-.
..---~**@@ IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP @@**~---..
.-~^*$@@## AREAS ##@@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@# #@#@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@@ @@#@$*^~-.
....-~***@ @***~-....
.-~^*$@#@# .-~^~-. IN MAGIC .-~^~-. #@#@$*^~-.
.--~~~^^*@ @*^^~~~--.
....-^*@@# WHEN A COLONY NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH, IT #@@*^-....
.-~^*$@#@# SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO #@#@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@# SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN #@#@$*^~-.
-~^*$@#@## HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ##@#@$*^~-
.-~^*$@#@# THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A #@#@$*^~-.
..-~^^^^$@ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND @$^^^^~-..
.-~^*$@##@ EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. @##@$*^~-.
.....-^$$@ @$$^-.....
.-~^*$@### ###@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@@ @@#@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@# #@#@$*^~-.
.-~^*$@#@# #@#@$*^~-.