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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 &,,&,,,,,,
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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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