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,,,,~^*&¤# #¤&*^~,,,,
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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. ¤&*^~,,,,,
,,,,,,~^*& &*^~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~^* IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP *^~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~^ AREAS ^~,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, ,,~^~,, IN MAGIC ,,~^~,, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~^ 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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