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