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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                  ,,«:%§&@##
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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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