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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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,~»=*$@###                                          ###@$*=»~,
,,~»=*$@##         ,~»=»~, IN MAGIC ,~»=»~,         ##@$*=»~,,
,~»=*$@###                                          ###@$*=»~,
,,~»=*$@## WHEN  A COLONY NUMBERS HIGH  ENOUGH,  IT ##@$*=»~,,
,~»=*$@### SLICES  THE  AIR  IN  THE  FOREST   INTO ###@$*=»~,
,,~»=*$@## SEPARATE  PLANES,  A FEW CENTIMETERS  IN ##@$*=»~,,
,~»=*$@### HEIGHT.   TIME  CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED  IN ###@$*=»~,
,,~»=*$@## THESE,  HITTING   EACH   IN  TURN  IN  A ##@$*=»~,,
,~»=*$@###      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       ###@$*=»~,
,,~»=*$@##         EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.          ##@$*=»~,,
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