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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.               ,,,,,,^=\*
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*\=^,,,,,, THE  PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS ,,,,,,^=\*
$*\=^,,,,, STACKED  UPON THE  NEXT,  WITH SPOKELIKE ,,,,,^=\*$
§$*\=^,,,, RIBS RADIATING  OUTWARD. EVEN  SO,  IT'S ,,,,^=\*$§
£§$*\=^,,, VERY LIGHT,  BEING  HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ,,,^=\*$§£
@£§$*\=^,, THE HEIGHT OF A  FOXES TAIL,  AND SHARES ,,^=\*$§£@
#@£§$*\=^,            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ,^=\*$§£@#
@£§$*\=^,,                                          ,,^=\*$§£@
£§$*\=^,,, IT LIKES  PARTIAL SHADE  AND  VERY  DAMP ,,,^=\*$§£
§$*\=^,,,,                  AREAS                   ,,,,^=\*$§
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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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