,.-=$@@¶## ##¶@@$=-.,
,,.-=$@@¶# #¶@@$=-.,,
,,,.-=$@@¶ ¶@@$=-.,,,
,,,,.-=$@@ @@$=-.,,,,
,,,,,.-=$@ @$=-.,,,,,
,,,,,,.-=$ (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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