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,,,,,=;^$@ ,,=;=,, THE PLANT ,,=;=,, @$^;=,,,,,
,,,,=;^$@¶ ¶@$^;=,,,,
,,,=;^$@¶# THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER #¶@$^;=,,,
,,=;^$@¶## THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH ##¶@$^;=,,
,,,=;^$@¶# OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN #¶@$^;=,,,
,,,,=;^$@¶ TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY ¶@$^;=,,,,
,,,,,=;^$@ TRANSPARENT. @$^;=,,,,,
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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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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