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%^/~:,,,,,               (EQUISETUM)                ,,,,,:~/^%
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##@&%^/~:,        ,:~/~:, THE PLANT ,:~/~:,         ,:~/^%&@##
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@&%^/~:,,, 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.            ,,,,:~/^%&
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^/~:,,,,,, 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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