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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.               ¨,~/%***##
#*/~~,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,~~/*#
####*%/~,¨ 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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