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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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