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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 #¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨¨
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¨¨#¨##¨¨¨# IT  LIKES  PARTIAL  SHADE  AND VERY DAMP ¨###¨¨¨¨¨#
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##¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨ SLICES   THE  AIR  IN  THE  FOREST  INTO #¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨#
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¨###¨¨¨¨¨# HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN  GET   DIFFRACTED  IN ¨¨#¨¨#¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨###¨¨¨¨       SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND      ##¨¨#¨¨#¨¨
¨¨¨#¨##¨¨¨          EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.         ¨##¨¨#¨¨#¨
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