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,,,,,~\§£& &£§\~,,,,,
,,,,,,~\§£ £§\~,,,,,,
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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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