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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.            ,,,,,,,,:~
†~:,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,:~†
*†~:,,,,,, 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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