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¨^==§%@@@@               (EQUISETUM)                @@@@%§==^¨
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¨^==§%@###         ¨^===^¨ THE PLANT ¨^===^¨        ###@%§==^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨=§%@ 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.               ###@%§==^¨
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¨^^^=§%%@# 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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