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#***~¨¨¨¨¨               (EQUISETUM)                ¨¨¨¨¨~***#
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#@@#§*/~:¨         ¨:~/~:¨ THE PLANT ¨:~/~:¨        ¨:~/*§#@@#
@##***/~:¨                                          ¨:~/***##@
#@@#§*/~:¨ 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.            ¨:~/*§#@##
@§§*/~::¨¨                                          ¨¨::~/*§§@
#§//~~~¨¨¨ 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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