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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 #,,###,,,,
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,,#####,,, THESE,   HITTING  EACH  IN  TURN  IN   A ,##,,,,,##
,,,###,,##      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       ,,,,###,,,
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