,^»/*¤¤¤¤# #¤¤¤¤*/»^,
,^/*¤¤@### ###@¤¤*/^,
,^»/*¤¤@## ##@¤¤*/»^,
,^»/*¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤*/»^,
,,,,,^/**¤ ¤**/^,,,,,
,,,^^»*¤@@ (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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