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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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