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##%%%*/~^,                                          ,^~/*%%%##
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###&%*/~^,               (EQUISETUM)                ,^~/*%&###
#%*~^^,,,,                                          ,,,,^^~*%#
&%//^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^//%&
&%*~~~^,,,                                          ,,,^~~~*%&
&%//^,,,,,        ,^~/~^, 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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#%*~,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,~*%#
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