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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.            ...-~/*%&@
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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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