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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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