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,,,,.~=$@@ @@$=~.,,,,
,.~=$**@@@ @@@**$=~.,
,,,.=$*@@@ (EQUISETUM) @@@*$=.,,,
,.~=$*@@@# #@@@*$=~.,
,,,.~~==*@ @*==~~.,,,
,.~=$*@@@# #@@@*$=~.,
,.~=$*@@@@ ,.~=~., THE PLANT ,.~=~., @@@@*$=~.,
,,,..=**@@ @@**=..,,,
,.~=$*@@@# THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER #@@@*$=~.,
,.~~=$*@@@ THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH @@@*$=~~.,
,.~=$*@@@# OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN #@@@*$=~.,
,.~=$*@@@# TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY #@@@*$=~.,
,.~=$*@@@# TRANSPARENT. #@@@*$=~.,
,,,..=$*@@ @@*$=..,,,
,,,,,~~=*@ 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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,,,,,.=*@@ @@*=.,,,,,
,.~=$*@@@@ @@@@*$=~.,
,,,,,.~=$@ ,.~=~., IN MAGIC ,.~=~., @$=~.,,,,,
,.~=$*@@@@ @@@@*$=~.,
,...==*@@@ 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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