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§$*:~:....               (EQUISETUM)                ....:~:*$§
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##§$*:~:..        .:~:~:. THE PLANT .:~:~:.         ..:~:*$§##
#§$*:~:...                                          ...:~:*$§#
§$*:~:.... THE  EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT  MUCH OLDER ....:~:*$§
$*:~:..... THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH .....:~:*$
§$*:~:.... OLDER THAN  MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ....:~:*$§
#§$*:~:... TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ...:~:*$§#
##§$*:~:..               TRANSPARENT.               ..:~:*$§##
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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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