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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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&$^†~-,,,,         ,-~†~-, IN MAGIC ,-~†~-,         ,,,,-~†^$&
$^†~-,,,,,                                          ,,,,,-~†^$
^†~-,,,,,, 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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