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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 $*^-^,,,,,
,,,,,,^-^*               TRANSPARENT.               *^-^,,,,,,
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,,,,,,^-^* THE PLANT HAS A  SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS *^-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-^*$ 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.            ###£$*^-^,
,,^-^*$£##                                          ##£$*^-^,,
,,,^-^*$£# 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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