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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. ~,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,~~; 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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