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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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