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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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