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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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