,~=**&#¶## ##¶#&**=~,
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,,,,,~=*#¶ ¶#*=~,,,,,
,,,,~=**&# #&**=~,,,,
,~=**&#¶@# #@¶#&**=~,
,~=**&#¶@# (EQUISETUM) #@¶#&**=~,
,,,~~***#@ @#***~~,,,
,~=**&¶@## ##@¶&**=~,
,~=**&#¶@@ @@¶#&**=~,
,,,,~~*&## ,~=*=~, 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. ##@¶&**=~,
,~=**&#¶## ##¶#&**=~,
,,,,,~**&¶ 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 ¶###&**=~,
,~=**&#¶@# #@¶#&**=~,
,~=**&#¶## ##¶#&**=~,
,~~==**#¶@ @¶#**==~~,
,,,,,~*&## ,~=*=~, IN MAGIC ,~=*=~, ##&*~,,,,,
,~=**&#¶@# #@¶#&**=~,
,~=**&#¶@@ 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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