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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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,,,:«:$$@@ ,:«:«:, IN MAGIC ,:«:«:, @@$$:«:,,,
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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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