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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 ##,,,,,,##
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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 ,,###,,,#,
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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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