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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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