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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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