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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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