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.,~†^%&@##               (EQUISETUM)                ##@&%^†~,.
.,~†^%&@##                                          ##@&%^†~,.
.,~†^%&##@                                          @##&%^†~,.
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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.               @@#&%^†~,.
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.,~†^%&#@# 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 #@#&%^†~,.
.,~†^%&#@#                   AREAS                  #@#&%^†~,.
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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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