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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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