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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.            #&**=~.,,,
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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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