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=,,,,,,,,,                (Equisetum)               ,,,,,,,,,=
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#§=*=,,,,,         ,,=*=,, 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.               ,,,,,=*=§#
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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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