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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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,,-/†$#@## ,,-/-,, IN MAGIC ,,-/-,, ##@#$†/-,,
,,,,,,-/$# #$/-,,,,,,
,,-/†$¤### WHEN A COLONY NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH, IT ###¤$†/-,,
,,,,,--†¤¤ SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO ¤¤†--,,,,,
,,-/†$¤@## SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN ##@¤$†/-,,
,,-/†$¤#@# HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN #@#¤$†/-,,
,,-/†$¤### THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ###¤$†/-,,
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,,-/†$¤#@@ EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. @@#¤$†/-,,
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