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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 ,§§,§,,§,§
,,§,§,§,,§                  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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