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,,,,,,~^§@                (EQUISETUM)               @§^~,,,,,,
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,.~/^¤§###                                          ###§¤^/~.,
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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.               #@§§¤^/~.,
,.~/^¤§###                                          ###§¤^/~.,
,,,,.//^§§ 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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