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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. ,,,,,»^=*@
@@*=^»,,,, ,,,,»^=*@@
#@@*=^»,,, 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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