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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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