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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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