,^~**§&¶@#                                          #@¶&§**~^,
,^~**§&¶@#                                          #@¶&§**~^,
,^~**§&¶##                                          ##¶&§**~^,
,^~**§¶@##                                          ##@¶§**~^,
,^~**§§§§¶                                          ¶§§§§**~^,
,^~**§§§§¶                (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                  @&**~~~^,,
,^~**§&¶##                                          ##¶&§**~^,
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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.          #@¶&§**~^,
,^~**§&¶@@                                          @@¶&§**~^,
,,,^~**&¶@                                          @¶&**~^,,,
,,,,^**§&¶                                          ¶&§**^,,,,
,,,,~***&&                                          &&***~,,,,
,^~**§&¶@#                                          #@¶&§**~^,