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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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