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&&,,&&&&&,               (EQUISETUM)                ,,&,,,,&&,
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&,&,,,&&,&         ,^-^-^, 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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