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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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..:-:§$&@# .:-:-:. IN MAGIC .:-:-:. #@&$§:-:..
.:-:§$&@## ##@&$§:-:.
..:-:§$&@# WHEN A COLONY NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH, IT #@&$§:-:..
...:-:§$&@ SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO @&$§:-:...
....:-:§$& SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN &$§:-:....
.....:-:§$ HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN $§:-:.....
......:-:§ THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A §:-:......
.......:-: SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND :-:.......
........:- EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. -:........
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