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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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