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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.               ##@¤@%\«,¨
¨¨,«\%@¤@#                                          #@¤@%\«,¨¨
¨¨¨,«\%@¤@ 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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