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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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