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