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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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