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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.               ¶¶¶&&^/«-,
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,,,,-««^&& 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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