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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                   ,@,@,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@         ,~-:-~, 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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