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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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