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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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