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,,&,,,,,,&                                          ,,,&&,,,&&
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,,,&&&,,,&                (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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