,,,,,-=;%& &%;=-,,,,,
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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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