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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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#¶@$^«.,,, IT LIKES  PARTIAL  SHADE  AND  VERY DAMP ,,,.«^$@¶#
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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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