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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 ##¤*«,,,,,
,,,,,,,\$¤ 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       ###¤$*\«,,
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