,,~:=§¤###                                          ###¤§=:~,,
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,,,,,,~:§#                                          #§:~,,,,,,
,,~:=§¤###                                          ###¤§=:~,,
,,~:=§¤###                                          ###¤§=:~,,
,,~:=§¤###               (EQUISETUM)                ###¤§=:~,,
,,,,::=§§#                                          #§§=::,,,,
,,~:=§¤¤¤¤                                          ¤¤¤¤§=:~,,
,,~:=§¤###                                          ###¤§=:~,,
,,~~~:::=¤         ,,~:~,, 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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