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,:~†%%¤@##                                          ##@¤%%†~:,
,:~†%%¤¤¤¤               (EQUISETUM)                ¤¤¤¤%%†~:,
,:~†%%¤@##                                          ##@¤%%†~:,
,:~†%%¤@##                                          ##@¤%%†~:,
,:~†%%¤@##                                          ##@¤%%†~:,
,,:::~~†%@         ,:~†~:, THE PLANT ,:~†~:,        @%†~~:::,,
,:~†%%¤@##                                          ##@¤%%†~:,
,:~†%%¤@## 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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