,,,~~~~^=§ §=^~~~~,,,
,~~^*§#@## ##@#§*^~~,
,,,,,~~=§§ §§=~~,,,,,
,~~^=*§#@# #@#§*=^~~,
,~~^=§#@## ##@#§=^~~,
,~~^=*§#@# (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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,~~^=*§#@@ @@#§*=^~~,