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......:»\* (EQUISETUM) *\»:......
.....:»\*¤ ¤*\»:.....
....:»\*¤# #¤*\»:....
...:»\*¤## ##¤*\»:...
..:»\*¤### .:»\»:. 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 #¤*\»:....
.....:»\*¤ ¤*\»:.....
......:»\* *\»:......
.......:»\ \»:.......
......:»\* .:»\»:. 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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