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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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