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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 ....~«/%§#
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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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