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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 ¨¨¨¨^^**@@
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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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