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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.               ###¤%%^«^,
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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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