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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 #,,,,#,##,
,,,,,,#,,# HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED   IN ##,,,,,###
#,,,,,,#,, THESE,   HITTING  EACH  IN  TURN   IN  A ###,,,,#,#
##,,,,,,#,      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       #,##,,,,,#
,##,,,,,,#         EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.          ,,###,,,,#
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