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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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