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,,&,&,&,&,               (EQUISETUM)                ,,&,&&,&&,
,&&&&&&&&&                                          ,&&&,&&,&,
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&,,,,,,,&&                                          &,&,&&,,&&
&,,,,,,&,,        ,^»^»^, 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                   &,&&&,,&&&
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,,&&,,&&,&                                          ,&,&&&&,&&
,&,&,&,&&&                                          &&&,,,&&,&
&&&&&&&,,,         ,^»^»^, 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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