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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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