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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.            ##@**/:,,,
,,,,:/**@#                                          #@**/:,,,,
,,,:/**@## 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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