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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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