###@$*==:,                                          ,:==*$@###
##@$*==:,,                                          ,,:==*$@##
#@$*==:,,,                                          ,,,:==*$@#
##@$*==:,,                                          ,,:==*$@##
###@$*==:,                                          ,:==*$@###
##@$*==:,,                (EQUISETUM)               ,,:==*$@##
#@$*==:,,,                                          ,,,:==*$@#
##@$*==:,,                                          ,,:==*$@##
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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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#@$*==:,,,                                          ,,,:==*$@#