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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.               ¨¨¨,-**§%#
##§§*-¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨-*§§##
####%§*-,¨ 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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