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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. ,,~\†*@#@#
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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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