,,,,,,^«†$                                          $†«^,,,,,,
,,,,,^«†$%                                          %$†«^,,,,,
,,,,^«†$%&                                          &%$†«^,,,,
,,,^«†$%&@                                          @&%$†«^,,,
,,^«†$%&@#                                          #@&%$†«^,,
,^«†$%&@##                (EQUISETUM)               ##@&%$†«^,
,,^«†$%&@#                                          #@&%$†«^,,
,,,^«†$%&@                                          @&%$†«^,,,
,,,,^«†$%&                                          &%$†«^,,,,
,,,,,^«†$%         ,^«†«^, THE PLANT ,^«†«^,        %$†«^,,,,,
,,,,,,^«†$                                          $†«^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^«† THE EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT  MUCH  OLDER †«^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^« THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH «^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ OLDER THAN MOST TREES.  IT'S LIGHT GREEN ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,               TRANSPARENT.               ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, THE  PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, STACKED UPON  THE  NEXT,  WITH SPOKELIKE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD.  EVEN  SO,  IT'S ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW.  IT'S  ROUGHLY ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THE HEIGHT OF A  FOXES TAIL,  AND SHARES ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,^« IT  LIKES PARTIAL  SHADE  AND VERY  DAMP «^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^«†                   AREAS                  †«^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^«†$                                          $†«^,,,,,,
,,,,,^«†$%                                          %$†«^,,,,,
,,,,^«†$%&                                          &%$†«^,,,,
,,,^«†$%&@         ,^«†«^, 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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