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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.               .§...§§§..
.§§..§§§..                                          .§§..§..§.
.§.§.§..§. 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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