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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.               §,§§,§,§,,
,§,,§§,,§,                                          ,§§,§§§§§,
,§§,§,§,§§ 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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