,~~^^$¤¶## ##¶¤$^^~~,
,,,,~~^^¤# #¤^^~~,,,,
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,~~^^$¤¶## ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶## ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶## (EQUISETUM) ##¶¤$^^~~,
,,,,~~^¤¤# #¤¤^~~,,,,
,~~^^$¤¶## ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶## ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶¶¶ ,~~^~~, THE PLANT ,~~^~~, ¶¶¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶## ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶## THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶## THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶## OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ##¶¤$^^~~,
,,,,,~^¤¤# TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY #¤¤^~,,,,,
,~~^^$¤¶¶# TRANSPARENT. #¶¶¤$^^~~,
,,,,,~^$¤# #¤$^~,,,,,
,~~^^$¤¶## THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$$¤¤# STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE #¤¤$$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶## RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~~~~^^¤# VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY #¤^^~~~~~,
,,,,,,~^$¤ THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES ¤$^~,,,,,,
,~~^^$¤¶## A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶## ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¤¶# IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP #¶¤¤$^^~~,
~~^^$¤¶### AREAS ###¶¤$^^~~
,~~^^$¤¶## ##¶¤$^^~~,
,,,~~^$$$¤ ¤$$$^~~,,,
,~~~~~^$$¶ ¶$$^~~~~~,
,~~^^$¤¶## ,~~^~~, IN MAGIC ,~~^~~, ##¶¤$^^~~,
,,~~~~^^¤¶ ¶¤^^~~~~,,
,~~^^$¶### WHEN A COLONY NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH, IT ###¶$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¤¤# SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO #¤¤¤$^^~~,
,,,,,~~^$¤ SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN ¤$^~~,,,,,
,~~^^$¤¶## HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^$¤¶### THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ###¶¤$^~~,
,,,,~~^$$¶ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ¶$$^~~,,,,
,~~^^$¤¶## EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶## ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶## ##¶¤$^^~~,
,~~^^$¤¶¶# #¶¶¤$^^~~,
,,,,,~~^$¶ ¶$^~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~^^¤ ¤^^~,,,,,,