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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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