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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 ###@&%:»,,
,,,»:%&@## ##@&%:»,,,
,,,,»:%&@# #@&%:»,,,,
,,,»:%&@## ##@&%:»,,,
,,»:%&@### ,,»:»,, 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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