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*:»^...... .^»:»^. THE PLANT .^»:»^. ......^»:*
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#$*:»^.... THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER ....^»:*$#
@#$*:»^... THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH ...^»:*$#@
@@#$*:»^.. OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ..^»:*$#@@
#@@#$*:»^. TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY .^»:*$#@@#
@@#$*:»^.. TRANSPARENT. ..^»:*$#@@
@#$*:»^... ...^»:*$#@
#$*:»^.... THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS ....^»:*$#
$*:»^..... STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE .....^»:*$
*:»^...... 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 ..........
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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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