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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 @$$†-.....
...~~~~†%@ A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. @%†~~~~...
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.~-†%$@¶## IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ##¶@$%†-~.
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.....~†%$@ .~-†-~. IN MAGIC .~-†-~. @$%†~.....
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.~-†%$@### SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO ###@$%†-~.
...~†††$@# SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN #@$†††~...
.~-†%$@¶¶# HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN #¶¶@$%†-~.
....-%$$@@ THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A @@$$%-....
.~-†%$@¶## SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ##¶@$%†-~.
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