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,,,&&&&&,,                                          &&&&,,,&&&
,&,,&&&,,&               (EQUISETUM)                &&&,,&,,&,
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&&&&,,,&&&                                          ,,,&&&&&&&
&&&,,&,,&&                                          &&,,&&&&&&
&&,,,,,,,,        ,,~†~,, 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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