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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. .......^»/
»^........ ........^»
^......... 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 .^»/»^. .....^»/^&
^/»^...... ......^»/^
/»^....... 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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