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,^=\$§&@@#                                          #@@&§$\=^,
,^=\$§&@@@               (EQUISETUM)                @@@&§$\=^,
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,^=\$§&@@#                                          #@@&§$\=^,
,^^==\$$$&                                          &$$$\==^^,
,,,^==\$$&         ,^=\=^, THE PLANT ,^=\=^,        &$$\==^,,,
,^=\$&@@##                                          ##@@&$\=^,
,,,,^\\§&@ THE  EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT MUCH  OLDER @&§\\^,,,,
,^=\$§&@@# THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH #@@&§$\=^,
,^=\$§&@@# OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT  GREEN #@@&§$\=^,
,^=\$§&&&@ TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY @&&&§$\=^,
,,^^^\\$&&               TRANSPARENT.               &&$\\^^^,,
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,^=\$§&@@# THE PLANT  HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS #@@&§$\=^,
,^=\$§&&&& STACKED  UPON  THE NEXT,  WITH SPOKELIKE &&&&§$\=^,
,^=\$§&@## RIBS  RADIATING  OUTWARD.  EVEN SO, IT'S ##@&§$\=^,
,,^^=\\$&@ VERY LIGHT,  BEING HOLLOW. IT'S  ROUGHLY @&$\\=^^,,
,,,^\$$&&& THE HEIGHT  OF A FOXES TAIL, AND  SHARES &&&$$\^,,,
,^=\$§&@@#            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            #@@&§$\=^,
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,^=\$§&@@# IT  LIKES PARTIAL  SHADE AND  VERY  DAMP #@@&§$\=^,
,^=\$§&@@#                  AREAS                   #@@&§$\=^,
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,^=\$§@@## WHEN  A COLONY  NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH,  IT ##@@§$\=^,
,^=\$§&&&@ 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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