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#$*^~,....                (EQUISETUM)               ....,~^*$#
$*^~,.....                                          .....,~^*$
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#$*^~,....        .,~^~,. THE PLANT .,~^~,.         ....,~^*$#
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###$*^~,.. THE  EQUISETUM IS  A  PLANT  MUCH  OLDER ..,~^*$###
####$*^~,. THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH .,~^*$####
###$*^~,.. OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S  LIGHT GREEN ..,~^*$###
##$*^~,... TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ...,~^*$##
#$*^~,....               TRANSPARENT.               ....,~^*$#
$*^~,.....                                          .....,~^*$
*^~,...... 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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##$*^~,... IT  LIKES PARTIAL  SHADE  AND  VERY DAMP ...,~^*$##
#$*^~,....                   AREAS                  ....,~^*$#
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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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