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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 ###,,#####
,,,,####,,                   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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