,^-\^¤#@##                                          ##@#¤^\-^,
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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.            ##@#¤^\-^,
,,^-\^¤#@#                                          #@#¤^\-^,,
,^-\^¤#@## IT  LIKES  PARTIAL  SHADE AND VERY  DAMP ##@#¤^\-^,
,,^-\^¤#@#                  AREAS                   #@#¤^\-^,,
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,,^-\^¤#@#                                          #@#¤^\-^,,
,^-\^¤#@##                                          ##@#¤^\-^,
,,^-\^¤#@#         ,^-\-^, IN MAGIC ,^-\-^,         #@#¤^\-^,,
,^-\^¤#@##                                          ##@#¤^\-^,
,,^-\^¤#@# 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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