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..,,~~~^$&               (EQUISETUM)                &$^~~~,,..
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.,~^%$&¶##        .,~^~,. THE PLANT .,~^~,.         ##¶&$%^~,.
.,~^%$&¶##                                          ##¶&$%^~,.
.....~%%$& THE EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT  MUCH  OLDER &$%%~.....
.,~^%%$&¶¶ THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ¶¶&$%%^~,.
.,~^%$&¶## OLDER THAN MOST  TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ##¶&$%^~,.
.,~^%&¶### 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 &%~~~.....
.,~^%%%$$¶ THE  HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL,  AND SHARES ¶$$%%%^~,.
....,~~^$&            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            &$^~~,....
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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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