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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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