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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 ,,,,,,,^»*
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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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