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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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