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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.               ,&,,&,,,&&
&&&,,,&&,,                                          &&,&&,,&,&
,,&,,&,&,, 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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