,,,,,,,«=&                                          &=«,,,,,,,
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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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