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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                   ###¤¤^†~-.
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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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