,,,,&,&&&&                                          ,&&,,&&,,&
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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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