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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 #@¤*:~,,,,
,,,,,~:*¤@ @¤*:~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:*¤ ¤*:~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:* *:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~: ,,~:~,, IN MAGIC ,,~:~,, :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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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