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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 ,.~:*&&&&#
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#@@&&*:~., WHEN A COLONY NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH, IT ,.~:*&&@@#
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#@@&&*:~., 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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