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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. ¤¤*;~~....
.....~~;*¤ ¤*;~~.....
......~~;* 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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