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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.               ^,,,,,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,,^=†         ,^=†=^, IN MAGIC ,^=†=^,         †=^,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,^ 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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