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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.            #§¤====«,¨
¨,«==¤§#@#                                          #@#§¤==«,¨
¨,«====¤¤§ 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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