#@#¤%§*=~.                                          .~=*§%¤#@#
###¤%§*=~.                                          .~=*§%¤###
#@#¤%§*=~.                                          .~=*§%¤#@#
#@#¤%§*=~.                                          .~=*§%¤#@#
@@#¤%§*=~.                                          .~=*§%¤#@@
###¤%§*=~.               (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.          .~=*§%¤#@#
##¤¤%§*=~.                                          .~=*§%¤¤##
¤¤¤§*~....                                          ....~*§¤¤¤
#@#¤%§*=~.                                          .~=*§%¤#@#
#@#¤%§*=~.                                          .~=*§%¤#@#
@#¤¤%§*=~.                                          .~=*§%¤¤#@