&,,,,,&,,,                                          ,,,&,,&&&&
,,&&&,,,&&                                          ,&,,,,,&&&
,,,&,,&,,,                                          ,,,&&&,,&,
&&,,,,,,&&                                          ,&,,&,,,,,
,,,&&&&,,,                                          ,,,,,,&&&,
&&,,&&,,&&                (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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