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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.               ,,,,«;;§§@
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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.            ,.«;=§§@@@
#@§§§=;«.,                                          ,.«;=§§§@#
##@§§=;«., 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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