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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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