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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.               ;~^,,,,,,,
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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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,,,^~;*§£¶                                          ¶£§*;~^,,,
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,^~;*§£¶@#         ,^~;~^, 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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