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