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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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