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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 ,.~/~.,         ,,,,./^^^§
§^~,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,~^§
@@@§§^/~., 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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