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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.               .§..§§§§.§
§..§§.§..§                                          §§.§...§§.
§.§.§§§.§. 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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