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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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¤§$=«,,,,,         ,,«=«,, IN MAGIC ,,«=«,,         ,,,,,«=$§¤
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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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