,^=^%&§¶@#                                          #@¶§&%^=^,
,,^=^%&§¶@                                          @¶§&%^=^,,
,,,^=^%&§¶                                          ¶§&%^=^,,,
,,,,^=^%&§                                          §&%^=^,,,,
,,,,,^=^%&                                          &%^=^,,,,,
,,,,,,^=^%                (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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