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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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