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.^-=^%#@##                (Equisetum)               ##@#%^=-^.
.^-===%##@                                          @##%===-^.
.^-=^%##@#                                          #@##%^=-^.
....^=^%#@                                          @#%^=^....
.^-=^%##@@         .^-=-^. The Plant .^-=-^.        @@##%^=-^.
.^-=^%#@##                                          ##@#%^=-^.
....^==^%# 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.               #@##%^=-^.
.......-^#                                          #^-.......
.....^-^## 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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