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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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