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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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