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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 #####§:~^¨
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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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