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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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..~/*%§@## 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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..~/*%§@## 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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