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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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