,~«^§&§@##                                          ##@§&§^«~,
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,~«^§&§#@#                                          #@#§&§^«~,
,~«^§&§@##                                          ##@§&§^«~,
,,,,~^^^&§               (EQUISETUM)                §&^^^~,,,,
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,,,,~^^&§@        ,~«^«~, 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                  §§§«««~,,,
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,,,,,~^^&#         ,~«^«~, 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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