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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.               ...^~/%%@#
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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 .^~/~^.         .....^~/%%
@%%/~^....                                          ....^~/%%@
#@%%/~^... 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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