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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.            #@§@§:~:,,
,:~:§@§@##                                          ##@§@§:~:,
,,:~:§@§@# 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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