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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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