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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.               *†\~,,,,,,
,,,,,~\†*£                                          £*†\~,,,,,
,,,,~\†*£# 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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