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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 $*==-,,,,,
,,,,,,-==*                  AREAS                   *==-,,,,,,
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,,-==*$@##         ,-===-, 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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