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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. #§£$=»:...
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..:»=$£§## 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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