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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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####@@$:«~ IT  LIKES PARTIAL  SHADE  AND VERY  DAMP ~«:$@@####
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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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