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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 ..........
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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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