,,,~-\%#@# #@#%\-~,,,
,,,,~-\%#@ @#%\-~,,,,
,,,~-\%#@# #@#%\-~,,,
,,~-\%#@## ##@#%\-~,,
,~-\%#@### ###@#%\-~,
,,~-\%#@## (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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