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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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