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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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