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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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&&$*«--¨¨¨         ¨-«:«-¨ IN MAGIC ¨-«:«-¨         ¨¨¨--«*$&&
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#$$*««-¨¨¨ WHEN A  COLONY  NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH,  IT ¨¨¨-««*$$#
#@#&$*:«-¨ SLICES  THE  AIR  IN   THE  FOREST  INTO ¨-«:*$&#@#
&$:««-¨¨¨¨ SEPARATE PLANES, A  FEW  CENTIMETERS  IN ¨¨¨¨-««:$&
&&****:«-¨ HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED   IN ¨-«:****&&
###&$*:«-¨ THESE,   HITTING   EACH  IN  TURN  IN  A ¨-«:*$&###
&&$**::«-¨       SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND      ¨-«::**$&&
#@#&$*:«-¨         EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.          ¨-«:*$&#@#
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