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†\«-,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,-«\†
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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                   ,,,,-«\†&&
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†\«-,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,-«\†
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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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