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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 ......:~;*
%*;~:..... 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 ......:~;*
%*;~:..... AREAS .....:~;*%
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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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