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.,-==&@###               (EQUISETUM)                ###@&==-,.
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.,-==*&@##        .,-=-,. THE PLANT .,-=-,.         ##@&*==-,.
.,-==*&&&&                                          &&&&*==-,.
....-==*&# 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 ##@&*==-,.
.,-====&&#                   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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