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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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