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§.§...§..§                (EQUISETUM)               .§..§§....
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.§§§§§....                                          §....§.§§.
§....§...§         .,»=»,. 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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