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