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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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