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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 ¶§†~~,,,,,
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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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