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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.               ...====^@#
###@$^†=~.                                          .~=†^$@###
###@$^†=~. THE PLANT  HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS .~=†^$@###
###@$^†=~. STACKED UPON  THE  NEXT, WITH  SPOKELIKE .~=†^$@###
#@^===~... 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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