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