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¨.~/*%§@@#               (EQUISETUM)                #@@§%*/~.¨
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¨¨¨.//%%%§         ¨.~/~.¨ THE PLANT ¨.~/~.¨        §%%%//.¨¨¨
¨.~/*%§@@#                                          #@@§%*/~.¨
¨¨¨¨.~*§@@ 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 #@@§%*/~.¨
¨.~/*%§@@#                   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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