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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 ...^~:%§¶¶
##¶§&%:~^.                   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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