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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                  ,&,&,,,&&,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          &&&&,,&,&,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,&,&&&&,
,,,,,,,,,&                                          ,,&&&,,,&,
,,,,,,,,&,         ,.»*»., 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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