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,@@,@,@,@,                                          @,@,@,@,@@
,,@,@,@,@,                                          @,@,@,@,,@
,@@,@,@,@,                (EQUISETUM)               @,@,@,@,@@
,,@,@,@,@,                                          @,@,@,@,,@
,@@,@,@,@,                                          @,@,@,@,@@
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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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,@@,@,@,@,         ,~-=-~, 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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