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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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.~-;%$&###         .~-;-~. IN MAGIC .~-;-~.         ###&$%;-~.
.~-;%$&#@#                                          #@#&$%;-~.
.~-;%$#@## WHEN  A COLONY  NUMBERS  HIGH ENOUGH, IT ##@#$%;-~.
.~-;%$&#@# SLICES   THE  AIR  IN  THE  FOREST  INTO #@#&$%;-~.
.~-;%$&### SEPARATE  PLANES,  A FEW CENTIMETERS  IN ###&$%;-~.
.~-;%$&#@# HEIGHT.  TIME   CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED  IN #@#&$%;-~.
.~-;%$&#@# THESE,  HITTING  EACH  IN   TURN   IN  A #@#&$%;-~.
.~-;%$&#@@       SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND      @@#&$%;-~.
.~---;%%$&         EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.          &$%%;---~.
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