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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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