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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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