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,,,-»\**¤@ @¤**\»-,,,
,-»\*&¤@## ##@¤&*\»-,
,-»\*&@### (EQUISETUM) ###@&*\»-,
,-»\*&&¤¤@ @¤¤&&*\»-,
,-»\*&¤@## ##@¤&*\»-,
,-»\*&¤@## ##@¤&*\»-,
,,,,»\\*¤¤ ,-»\»-, THE PLANT ,-»\»-, ¤¤*\\»,,,,
,-\*&¤@### ###@¤&*\-,
,-»\*&¤@## 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. ¤&*»-,,,,,
,-»\*&¤@@# #@@¤&*\»-,
,,,,,»»**¤ 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. #¤**»,,,,,
,,,,,,»\*¤ ¤*\»,,,,,,
,-»\*&¤@@@ 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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