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,,^-=*£@@#                                          #@@£*=-^,,
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,,^-=*£@@#               (EQUISETUM)                #@@£*=-^,,
,,,^-=*£@@                                          @@£*=-^,,,
,,^-=*£@@#                                          #@@£*=-^,,
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,,^-=*£@@#         ,^-=-^, 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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