,,,,,,,-/* */-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-/*% %*/-,,,,,,
,,,,,-/*%& &%*/-,,,,,
,,,,-/*%&# #&%*/-,,,,
,,,-/*%&#@ @#&%*/-,,,
,,-/*%&#@# (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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