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,,,,,,,,,~                (EQUISETUM)               ~,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,         ,~~=~~, 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.               §=~,,,,,,,
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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.            ##£@%§=~,,
,,,~=§%@£#                                          #£@%§=~,,,
,,,,~=§%@£ 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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