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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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