,^=\*¤¤¶##                                          ##¶¤¤*\=^,
,^=\*¤¤¶##                                          ##¶¤¤*\=^,
,^=\*¤¤¶¶#                                          #¶¶¤¤*\=^,
,^=\*¤¤¶##                                          ##¶¤¤*\=^,
,^=\*¤¤¶##                                          ##¶¤¤*\=^,
,,,,,=\\¤¤                (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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,,,,=**¤¶#                                          #¶¤**=,,,,
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