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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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