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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 ##@††~~¨¨¨
¨^~†^@####                  AREAS                   ####@^†~^¨
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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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