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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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