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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. ¨~=†*@#@@@
##@@@*†=~¨ ¨~=†*@@@##
@@@†~~¨¨¨¨ 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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