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,,,,,~~*@# (EQUISETUM) #@*~~,,,,,
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,.~;*@@@## ##@@@*;~.,
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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. @@*;~.,,,,
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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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