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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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