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,,@,,@,@,@               (EQUISETUM)                ,@,@,@,@,@
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,,@,,@,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@,@
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,,@,,@,@,@         ,^-^-^, THE PLANT ,^-^-^,        ,@,@,@,@,@
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,,@,,@,@,@ 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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,,@,,@,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@,@
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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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