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......,~*$                (EQUISETUM)               $*~,......
.....,~*$£                                          £$*~,.....
....,~*$£§                                          §£$*~,....
...,~*$£§#                                          #§£$*~,...
..,~*$£§#@         .,~*~,. 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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