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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~               (EQUISETUM)                ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\*                                          *\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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.            \~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\*                                          *\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~\** 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\*                                          *\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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