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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.               §§,§,§,§,§
,,§,,§,§,§                                          ,§,§,§,§,§
,§§,§§,§,§ 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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