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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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