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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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«:........ 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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