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,,,,,,,-\% (EQUISETUM) %\-,,,,,,,
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,,,,,-\%&& &&%\-,,,,,
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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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