......,-$%                                          %$-,......
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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.            %$-,......
.......,-$                                          $-,.......
........,- IT LIKES PARTIAL  SHADE  AND  VERY  DAMP -,........
.........,                   AREAS                  ,.........
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..........         .,-:-,. IN MAGIC .,-:-,.         ..........
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........., WHEN  A  COLONY  NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH, IT ,.........
........,- SLICES  THE   AIR  IN  THE  FOREST  INTO -,........
.......,-$ 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.         @¶@%$-,...
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.,-$%@¶@##                                          ##@¶@%$-,.
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