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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 ##§§@*^»-,
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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. ###§@*^»-,
,-»^*@§### ###§@*^»-,
,-»^*@§### IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ###§@*^»-,
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,-»^*@§### WHEN A COLONY NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH, IT ###§@*^»-,
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,-»^*@§### 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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