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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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