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