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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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