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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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