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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.               ,,,,~«:**@
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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 ,,,~«:**@¶
@**:«~,,,,                   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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