,^=^*@@###                                          ###@@*^=^,
,,^=^*@@##                                          ##@@*^=^,,
,,,^=^*@@#                                          #@@*^=^,,,
,,,,^=^*@@                                          @@*^=^,,,,
,,,^=^*@@#                                          #@@*^=^,,,
,,^=^*@@##                (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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,,,^=^*@@#                                          #@@*^=^,,,
,,^=^*@@##                                          ##@@*^=^,,
,^=^*@@###                                          ###@@*^=^,