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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. ,,~/†@#@@@
#@@#@†/~,, ,,~/†@#@@#
@@@#@†/~,, 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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