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,,@,,@,@,@                                          @,@,@@,@,@
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,,@,,@,@,@               (EQUISETUM)                @,@,@@,@,@
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,,@,,@,@,@                                          @,@,@@,@,@
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,,@,,@,@,@         ,:~=~:, THE PLANT ,:~=~:,        @,@,@@,@,@
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,,@,,@,@,@ 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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,,@,,@,@,@                                          @,@,@@,@,@
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