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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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,»†*$&#### SEPARATE PLANES,  A  FEW CENTIMETERS  IN ####&$*†»,
,,»†*$&### HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED   IN ###&$*†»,,
,,»†*$&### THESE,   HITTING  EACH  IN  TURN   IN  A ###&$*†»,,
,,»†*$####      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       ####$*†»,,
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