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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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