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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 ,,~:~,, ####¤§=:~,
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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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