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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. †/-.......
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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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