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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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