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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.               ¨¨¨.~^*%¤@
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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 ¨¨.~^*%¤@#
##@¤%*^~.¨                  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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