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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.            ,§,,§,§,§,
§,§§,§,§,§                                          ,§,§§,§,§,
§,,§,§,§,§ 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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