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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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