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,,:-\*¤#@# #@#¤*\-:,,
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,,:-\*¤#@# (EQUISETUM) #@#¤*\-:,,
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,,,,:-\*¤# #¤*\-:,,,,
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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. ¤*\-:,,,,,
,,,,:-\*¤# #¤*\-:,,,,
,,,:-\*¤#@ IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP @#¤*\-:,,,
,,:-\*¤#@# AREAS #@#¤*\-:,,
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,,,,:-\*¤# ,:-\-:, IN MAGIC ,:-\-:, #¤*\-:,,,,
,,,,,:-\*¤ ¤*\-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-\* 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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