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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 .....~\*@@
##@@%*\=~. 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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