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,,,,^»;%&§ §&%;»^,,,,
,,,^»;%&§£ (EQUISETUM) £§&%;»^,,,
,,^»;%&§£@ @£§&%;»^,,
,^»;%&§£@# #@£§&%;»^,
,,^»;%&§£@ @£§&%;»^,,
,,,^»;%&§£ ,^»;»^, 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. ^,,,,,,,,,
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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. %;»^,,,,,,
,,,,,^»;%& &%;»^,,,,,
,,,,^»;%&§ IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP §&%;»^,,,,
,,,^»;%&§£ AREAS £§&%;»^,,,
,,^»;%&§£@ @£§&%;»^,,
,^»;%&§£@# #@£§&%;»^,
,,^»;%&§£@ @£§&%;»^,,
,,,^»;%&§£ ,^»;»^, 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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