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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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