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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.               ,,,«**&@##
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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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