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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 ,^~*~^,         ,,,,,,,,,,
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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.         †*~^,,,,,,
,,,,,^~*†%                                          %†*~^,,,,,
,,,,^~*†%§                                          §%†*~^,,,,
,,,^~*†%§#                                          #§%†*~^,,,
,,^~*†%§##                                          ##§%†*~^,,
,^~*†%§###                                          ###§%†*~^,