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#@¶@%†;«,,                (EQUISETUM)               ,,«;†%@¶@#
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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.            ,,«;†%@¶@#
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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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