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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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