,&,&,&,,&,                                          ,&&,&&,&,&
&&&&&&,&&&                                          &,&&,&&&&&
,,,,,&&,,&                                          &&,&&,,,,,
,,,,&,&,&&                                          ,&&,&,,,,,
,,,&&&&&,&                                          &,&&&,,,,,
,,&,,,,&&,               (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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,&,&,,,&&,                                          ,,&&,&&,,&
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