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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 .^-^^%&@##
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#&%^-..... 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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&%^-^..... 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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