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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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