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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 $§\~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~~\§ TRANSPARENT. §\~~,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~~ THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS ~~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~~ RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S ~~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~~\ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY \~~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~~\§ THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES §\~~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~\§$ 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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