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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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