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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 ¨^«:§@@@@#
@§§§§::«^¨                  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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