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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.               &%§†=-....
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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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