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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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