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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 ##§*%†-,..
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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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