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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.               ,,,,,,,&,,
&,,,,&&&&&                                          &&&&&&,,,&
,,&&,,&&&, 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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