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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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