&,&&,,,&,,                                          ,&,,&&,,,,
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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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