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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 ,-«:«-, ##@¤§*:«-,
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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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