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.~«\§&¤¶@#               (EQUISETUM)                #@¶¤&§\«~.
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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 #@¶¤&§\«~.
.~«\§&¤¶@#                  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.          @¶&\~.....
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