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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 ..^«/%%@##
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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 ...^«/%%@#
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#@%%/«^...            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ...^«/%%@#
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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 ..^«/%%@##
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