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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.               ..,~:%@§##
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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.            .,~:%@§###
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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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