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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.               .....^^*¤#
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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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