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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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###@$$\~-. STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE .-~\$$@###
##@$$\~-.. 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 .-~\$$@###
##@$$\~-.. AREAS ..-~\$$@##
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@$$\~-.... ....-~\$$@
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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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