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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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