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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 @@§§%%:~,.
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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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