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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 ,##,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,#### 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 ###,,,,###
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,,##,,,,,, SLICES  THE  AIR   IN  THE  FOREST  INTO ,,##,,####
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####,,##,, HEIGHT.  TIME   CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED  IN ,,####,,,,
,##,,,,,,, THESE,   HITTING   EACH  IN  TURN  IN  A ,,,##,,##,
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