,,»^^^$$## ##$$^^^»,,
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,,,,,,,»*# #*»,,,,,,,
,,»^*$#@## ##@#$*^»,,
,,,,^**$#@ @#$**^,,,,
,,»^*$#@## (EQUISETUM) ##@#$*^»,,
,,»^*$@### ###@$*^»,,
,,»^*$#@## ##@#$*^»,,
,,»^*$#@## ##@#$*^»,,
,,,,,,^^$@ ,,»^»,, THE PLANT ,,»^»,, @$^^,,,,,,
,,»^*$#@## ##@#$*^»,,
,,,,,^*$$@ THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER @$$*^,,,,,
,,»^*$#@## THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH ##@#$*^»,,
,,,,,,,^$@ OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN @$^,,,,,,,
,,,,,^***# TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY #***^,,,,,
,,»^*$$#@# TRANSPARENT. #@#$$*^»,,
,,»^^**$$# #$$**^^»,,
,,»^*$#@@@ THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS @@@#$*^»,,
,,»^^**$#@ STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE @#$**^^»,,
,,»^*$#@## RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S ##@#$*^»,,
,,»^*$#@## VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ##@#$*^»,,
,,»^*$#@@# THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES #@@#$*^»,,
,,,,,»^$## A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. ##$^»,,,,,
,,»^*$#@## ##@#$*^»,,
,,,,,»»*## IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ##*»»,,,,,
,,,,,^$$@@ AREAS @@$$^,,,,,
,,»^*$#@## ##@#$*^»,,
,,»^*$#@## ##@#$*^»,,
,,,,,»^$#@ @#$^»,,,,,
,,,,,,»*$@ ,,»^»,, IN MAGIC ,,»^»,, @$*»,,,,,,
,,»^*$#@## ##@#$*^»,,
,,,,»^*$## WHEN A COLONY NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH, IT ##$*^»,,,,
,,»^*$#@## SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO ##@#$*^»,,
,,»^*$#@## SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN ##@#$*^»,,
,,»^^^*### HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ###*^^^»,,
,,»^*$#@## THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ##@#$*^»,,
,,,,,,^$$# SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND #$$^,,,,,,
,,»^*$#@## EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ##@#$*^»,,
,,,,»»»^*# #*^»»»,,,,
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