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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 #,,,#,,,,,
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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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