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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.            ...~///†%&
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#&%%/,,... IT LIKES  PARTIAL  SHADE  AND VERY  DAMP ...,,/%%&#
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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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