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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.               @,@,@,,@,@
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,@,@,@@,@, 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.            @,@,@,@@,@
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,@,@,,@,@, 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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