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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                  @#@&%*~.,,
,.~*%&@#@#                                          #@#@&%*~.,
,,.~*%&@#@                                          @#@&%*~.,,
,,,.~*%&@#                                          #@&%*~.,,,
,,,,.~*%&@         ,.~*~., 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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,,,,,,.~*%                                          %*~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~*%&                                          &%*~.,,,,,
,,,,.~*%&@                                          @&%*~.,,,,
,,,.~*%&@#                                          #@&%*~.,,,