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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                  ,,,,,,&&&&
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,,&&&&,,&&                                          ,,&&,,,,&&
,,,&&,,,,&                                          &,,,,&&,,,
&&,,,,&&,,         ,:«^«:, 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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