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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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