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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.               %†;--.....
....--;†%#                                          #%†;--....
...--;†%## 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.            #%†;--....
.....--;†%                                          %†;--.....
......--;† IT  LIKES  PARTIAL SHADE  AND  VERY DAMP †;--......
.......--;                   AREAS                  ;--.......
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....--;†%#                                          #%†;--....
...--;†%##         .--;--. IN MAGIC .--;--.         ##%†;--...
..--;†%###                                          ###%†;--..
.--;†%#### 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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