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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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