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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       ,,,###,,#,
###,,,,,##          eventually spread thin.         #,,#,##,,,
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