##@%*;~^,,                                          ,,^~;*%@##
#@%*;~^,,,                                          ,,,^~;*%@#
@%*;~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~;*%@
#@%*;~^,,,                                          ,,,^~;*%@#
##@%*;~^,,                                          ,,^~;*%@##
###@%*;~^,                (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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