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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.            ,,^^=†==§@
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##@#§=†=^, IT  LIKES  PARTIAL SHADE  AND  VERY DAMP ,^=†=§#@##
##§§††^^^,                  AREAS                   ,^^^††§§##
#§=†=^^,,,                                          ,,,^^=†=§#
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@§==††=^^,                                          ,^^=††==§@
###@§=†=^,         ,^=†=^, 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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#§§§=†^,,,                                          ,,,^†=§§§#
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