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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                   @#§§§~,,,,
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,,~^§%#@##                                          ##@#%§^~,,
,,,,,,~^%#         ,,~^~,, 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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