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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. ###£&*=:,,
,:=*&£#### ####£&*=:,
,,:=*&£### ###£&*=:,,
,,,:=*&£## ##£&*=:,,,
,,,,:=*&£# #£&*=:,,,,
,,,,,:=*&£ £&*=:,,,,,