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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. ¨¨¨¨~~†§@@
#@@&§†*~~¨ ¨~~*†§&@@#
#@@&§†*~~¨ 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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