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###@*^=~~, (EQUISETUM) ,~~=^*@###
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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 ,~~=^*@@@#
###@*^=~~, 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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