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#@#@*=~^¨¨                                          ¨¨^~=*@#@#
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#@#@*=~^¨¨               (EQUISETUM)                ¨¨^~=*@#@#
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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                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=
*=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=*
@*=~^¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨^~=*@
#@*=~^¨¨¨¨         ¨^~=~^¨ 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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