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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. ....:-\$$#
$$\-:..... .....:-\$$
$\-:...... IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ......:-\$
\-:....... AREAS .......:-\
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@#$$\-:... .:-\-:. 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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