,,,,,,~=*%                                          %*=~,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~=                                          =~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=*                                          *=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~=*%                                          %*=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~=*%#               (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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,,,,,~=*%#                                          #%*=~,,,,,
,,,,~=*%##                                          ##%*=~,,,,