@@=†-^,,,,                                          ,,,,^-†=@@
@=†-^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^-†=@
=†-^,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,^-†=
@=†-^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^-†=@
@@=†-^,,,,                                          ,,,,^-†=@@
@@@=†-^,,,               (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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@=†-^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^-†=@
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