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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. ¨¨¨¨¨:~:*@
*:~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~:*
:~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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