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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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