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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. ¨¨¨:-%%&&#
#&&&&%\-:¨ ¨:-\%&&&&#
####&%\-:¨ 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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