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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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