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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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..:-†$%@## slices the air in the forest into ##@%$†-:..
...:-†$%@# separate planes, a few centimeters in #@%$†-:...
....:-†$%@ height. time can get diffracted in @%$†-:....
...:-†$%@# these, hitting each in turn in a #@%$†-:...
..:-†$%@## slightly different angle, and ##@%$†-:..
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