,,,,,,=^%# #%^=,,,,,,
,,,,,=%### ###%=,,,,,
,,»=^%#### ####%^=»,,
,,»=^%#### ####%^=»,,
,,»=^%#### ####%^=»,,
,,,,»»=%## (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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