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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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