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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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