###&%*/~.¨                                          ¨.~/*%&###
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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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