,,,,,,,~=§                                          §=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~=                                          =~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~                                          ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~=                                          =~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=§                                          §=~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~=§§                (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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