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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. ,,,,.~^^%@
##@#%^^~., ,.~^^%#@##
@@%^~,,,,, 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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