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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 $*:~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~~:* SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN *:~~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~~: HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN :~~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~~ THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ~~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,~~:*$ $*:~~,,,,,