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##@@¤$/~~. (EQUISETUM) .~~/$¤@@##
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¤$/~~..... .~~/~~. THE PLANT .~~/~~. .....~~/$¤
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@@¤$/~~... THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER ...~~/$¤@@
#@@¤$/~~.. THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH ..~~/$¤@@#
##@@¤$/~~. OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN .~~/$¤@@##
#@@¤$/~~.. TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY ..~~/$¤@@#
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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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@¤$/~~.... SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO ....~~/$¤@
¤$/~~..... SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN .....~~/$¤
@¤$/~~.... HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ....~~/$¤@
@@¤$/~~... THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ...~~/$¤@@
#@@¤$/~~.. SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ..~~/$¤@@#
##@@¤$/~~. EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. .~~/$¤@@##
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