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..@@@@@... (EQUISETUM) ..@@......
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....@....@ .^~*~^. 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 .^~*~^. @@..@@@@@.
@@@@@@@@@@ @....@@@..
.@@@@@@@@. 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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