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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.               .§§...§§§.
...§§§....                                          .§§§..§.§§
§..§.§§... 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 .:»*»:.         ........§§
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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.          ...§§§....
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