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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 @@&&†---¨¨
¨¨¨-:††&@@ @@&††:-¨¨¨
¨--:†&&@@# #@@&&†:--¨
¨¨¨¨-:††&& &&††:-¨¨¨¨
¨--:†&&@@# ¨--:--¨ 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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