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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 @&&===;~..
..~;=&@#@# #@#@&=;~..
..~;=&@#@# #@#@&=;~..
..~;=&@@#@ @#@@&=;~..
..~;=&@### ..~;~.. IN MAGIC ..~;~.. ###@&=;~..
..~~~===&# #&===~~~..
....~====@ 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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