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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.            ¨^«;=@@###
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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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