§&†/=^,,,,                                          ,,,,^=/†&§
#§&†/=^,,,                                          ,,,^=/†&§#
##§&†/=^,,                                          ,,^=/†&§##
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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                  ,,,^=/†&§#
##§&†/=^,,                                          ,,^=/†&§##
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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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##§&†/=^,,                                          ,,^=/†&§##
#§&†/=^,,,                                          ,,,^=/†&§#
§&†/=^,,,,                                          ,,,,^=/†&§