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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.               ###**†~,..
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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 .,~†~,.         ###**†~,..
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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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