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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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