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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.            ,,,,^^===#
#@==~,,,,,                                          ,,,,,~==@#
#@@#@=^~,, 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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