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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 ,,.»;%*@##
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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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