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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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