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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.               §§,§§§,,,,
,,,§,§,§§,                                          §,§§,,§,,,
,,,§§§§§,§ 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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