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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.            @@*==.,,,,
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,,,,,,.=*& IT  LIKES  PARTIAL  SHADE AND VERY  DAMP &*=.,,,,,,
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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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