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,,=;*%§@##                                          ##@§%*;=,,
,,=;*%@###                (EQUISETUM)               ###@%*;=,,
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,,=;*%§§@#                                          #@§§%*;=,,
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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                   @@§%%*;=,,
,,=;*%§§@#                                          #@§§%*;=,,
,,=;*%§@##                                          ##@§%*;=,,
,,=;*%%%@@                                          @@%%%*;=,,
,,,,,,;*§#         ,,=;=,, IN MAGIC ,,=;=,,         #§*;,,,,,,
,,,,,,=*§#                                          #§*=,,,,,,
,,=;*%§@## 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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