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,,,,,-=*§*                (EQUISETUM)               *§*=-,,,,,
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,,,-=*§*£#                                          #£*§*=-,,,
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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.            ##£*§*=-,,
,,,-=*§*£#                                          #£*§*=-,,,
,,,,-=*§*£ 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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