&&,&&&,&,&                                          &,,&,&,,&&
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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                   ,,&,&&,&,,
&,,,&,&,,,                                          &,&&&,&&&,
&&,,&&&&,,                                          &&&,,&&,,&
,,&,&,,,&,                                          ,,,&,&,&,&
&,&&&&,,&&         ,,~:~,, 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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