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,,^»^%$###                (EQUISETUM)               ###$%^»^,,
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,,^»^%$###        ,^»^»^, THE PLANT ,^»^»^,         ###$%^»^,,
,^»^%$####                                          ####$%^»^,
,,^»^%$### THE  EQUISETUM  IS  A PLANT  MUCH  OLDER ###$%^»^,,
,^»^%$#### THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ####$%^»^,
,,^»^%$### OLDER  THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ###$%^»^,,
,^»^%$#### TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ####$%^»^,
,,^»^%$###               TRANSPARENT.               ###$%^»^,,
,^»^%$####                                          ####$%^»^,
,,^»^%$### THE  PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS ###$%^»^,,
,^»^%$#### STACKED  UPON THE  NEXT, WITH  SPOKELIKE ####$%^»^,
,,^»^%$### RIBS  RADIATING  OUTWARD.  EVEN SO, IT'S ###$%^»^,,
,^»^%$#### VERY LIGHT, BEING  HOLLOW.  IT'S ROUGHLY ####$%^»^,
,,^»^%$### THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL,  AND  SHARES ###$%^»^,,
,^»^%$####            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ####$%^»^,
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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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