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¨,~/^&&@##                                          ##@&&^/~,¨
¨¨,~/^&&@#                                          #@&&^/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/^&&@               (EQUISETUM)                @&&^/~,¨¨¨
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¨,~/^&&@##                                          ##@&&^/~,¨
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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.            #@&&^/~,¨¨
¨,~/^&&@##                                          ##@&&^/~,¨
¨¨,~/^&&@# IT  LIKES  PARTIAL  SHADE AND  VERY DAMP #@&&^/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/^&&@                  AREAS                   @&&^/~,¨¨¨
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¨¨,~/^&&@#                                          #@&&^/~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~/^&&@         ¨,~/~,¨ 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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