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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 ##@¤&=;~-,
,,,-~~=¤¤# #¤¤=~~-,,,
,-~;=&¤¤@# #@¤¤&=;~-,
,,,,,~;=¤¤ ¤¤=;~,,,,,
,-~;=&¤@## ,-~;~-, 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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