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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 ¨,-\*@§###
###§@*\-,¨                   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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