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#,,,,##,,#               (Equisetum)                ####,,##,,
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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 #,,,,##,,,
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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 ##,,,,,,,,
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