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.,~:†$§¶##         .,~:~,. THE PLANT .,~:~,.        ##¶§$†:~,.
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.,~:†$§¶## THE EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT  MUCH  OLDER ##¶§$†:~,.
.,~:$§¶### THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ###¶§$:~,.
....,,,:$§ OLDER  THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN §$:,,,....
.,~:†$§§¶¶ TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ¶¶§§$†:~,.
.,~:†$§¶##               TRANSPARENT.               ##¶§$†:~,.
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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 §†:~~~....
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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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