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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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