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##.#.#...#               (equisetum)                .######..#
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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 ...###.##.
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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 .#..#...##
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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 ..###..###
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