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,,,~»;^$#@ @#$^;»~,,,
,,,,~»;^$# (EQUISETUM) #$^;»~,,,,
,,,~»;^$#@ @#$^;»~,,,
,,~»;^$#@# #@#$^;»~,,
,~»;^$#@## ##@#$^;»~,
,,~»;^$#@# ,~»;»~, THE PLANT ,~»;»~, #@#$^;»~,,
,,,~»;^$#@ @#$^;»~,,,
,,,,~»;^$# THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER #$^;»~,,,,
,,,~»;^$#@ THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH @#$^;»~,,,
,,~»;^$#@# OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN #@#$^;»~,,
,~»;^$#@## TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY ##@#$^;»~,
,,~»;^$#@# TRANSPARENT. #@#$^;»~,,
,,,~»;^$#@ @#$^;»~,,,
,,,,~»;^$# THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS #$^;»~,,,,
,,,~»;^$#@ STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE @#$^;»~,,,
,,~»;^$#@# RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S #@#$^;»~,,
,~»;^$#@## VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ##@#$^;»~,
,,~»;^$#@# THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES #@#$^;»~,,
,,,~»;^$#@ A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. @#$^;»~,,,
,,,,~»;^$# #$^;»~,,,,
,,,~»;^$#@ IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP @#$^;»~,,,
,,~»;^$#@# AREAS #@#$^;»~,,
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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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