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^†=:,,,,,,                (EQUISETUM)               ,,,,,,:=†^
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:,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,:
,,,,,,,,,,         ,:=†=:, THE PLANT ,:=†=:,        ,,,,,,,,,,
:,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,:
=:,,,,,,,, THE  EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT  MUCH OLDER ,,,,,,,,:=
†=:,,,,,,, THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ,,,,,,,:=†
^†=:,,,,,, OLDER THAN  MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ,,,,,,:=†^
$^†=:,,,,, TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ,,,,,:=†^$
#$^†=:,,,,               TRANSPARENT.               ,,,,:=†^$#
@#$^†=:,,,                                          ,,,:=†^$#@
#@#$^†=:,, THE  PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS ,,:=†^$#@#
##@#$^†=:, STACKED UPON THE  NEXT,  WITH  SPOKELIKE ,:=†^$#@##
#@#$^†=:,, RIBS  RADIATING OUTWARD.  EVEN SO,  IT'S ,,:=†^$#@#
@#$^†=:,,, VERY  LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW.  IT'S ROUGHLY ,,,:=†^$#@
#$^†=:,,,, THE HEIGHT OF  A FOXES  TAIL, AND SHARES ,,,,:=†^$#
$^†=:,,,,,            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ,,,,,:=†^$
^†=:,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,:=†^
†=:,,,,,,, IT  LIKES PARTIAL  SHADE AND  VERY  DAMP ,,,,,,,:=†
=:,,,,,,,,                  AREAS                   ,,,,,,,,:=
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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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