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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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