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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.               §*%*=.,,,,
,,,.=*%*§#                                          #§*%*=.,,,
,,.=*%*§## 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                  ##§*%*=.,,
,,,.=*%*§#                                          #§*%*=.,,,
,,,,.=*%*§                                          §*%*=.,,,,
,,,.=*%*§#                                          #§*%*=.,,,
,,.=*%*§##         ,.=*=., IN MAGIC ,.=*=.,         ##§*%*=.,,
,.=*%*§###                                          ###§*%*=.,
,,.=*%*§## 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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