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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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