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...,~~*¤§#               (EQUISETUM)                #§¤*~~,...
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.,~=*¤§###                                          ###§¤*=~,.
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....,=¤¤##        .,~=~,. 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                   §§§§¤*=~,.
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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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