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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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##@§%$†-~¨         ¨~-†-~¨ IN MAGIC ¨~-†-~¨         ¨~-†$%§@##
#@§%$†-~¨¨                                          ¨¨~-†$%§@#
@§%$†-~¨¨¨ WHEN  A COLONY  NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH,  IT ¨¨¨~-†$%§@
#@§%$†-~¨¨ SLICES  THE  AIR  IN   THE  FOREST  INTO ¨¨~-†$%§@#
##@§%$†-~¨ SEPARATE  PLANES,  A FEW CENTIMETERS  IN ¨~-†$%§@##
#@§%$†-~¨¨ HEIGHT.   TIME  CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED  IN ¨¨~-†$%§@#
@§%$†-~¨¨¨ THESE,  HITTING   EACH   IN  TURN  IN  A ¨¨¨~-†$%§@
#@§%$†-~¨¨      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       ¨¨~-†$%§@#
##@§%$†-~¨         EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.          ¨~-†$%§@##
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