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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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