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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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