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#@@†:-,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,-:†@@#
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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.               ¨¨,-:†@@##
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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 ¨,-:-,¨         ¨¨,-:†@@##
#@@†:-,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,-:†@@#
##@@†:-,¨¨ 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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