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§§§,§,,§,§               (EQUISETUM)                §§,,,,§§§,
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,§§§§§§§§,         ,,~*~,, 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                  ,,,§,,§§,,
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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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