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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                  #@¶&*$\-^,
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,^-\$*&¶@#         ,^-\-^, IN MAGIC ,^-\-^,         #@¶&*$\-^,
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,^-\$*&¶@# 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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