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##%^~.....                                          .....~^%##
###@%*^-~.                (Equisetum)               .~-^*%@###
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#@%**^-~..                                          ..~-^**%@#
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##@#%*^-~.         .~-^-~. 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.               ..~~-*%%%@
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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.            ..~--***##
#*---.....                                          .....---*#
@@%^~~~~.. 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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