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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 ¨~~/§§¤@##
¤¤¤¤§§/~~¨ 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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