.....-=:$@ @$:=-.....
....-=:$@@ @@$:=-....
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..-=:$@@## (EQUISETUM) ##@@$:=-..
...-=:$@@# #@@$:=-...
....-=:$@@ @@$:=-....
.....-=:$@ @$:=-.....
......-=:$ .-=:=-. 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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