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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                  &,&,,,&&,&
&&,,&&&&,&                                          &&&,,&,&&,
,&,&,,,&&,                                          ,,&,&&&,&&
&&&&,,&,&,                                          ,&&&,,&&,&
,,,&,&&&&&         ,:-;-:, 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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