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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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#&$§§=,,,, STACKED UPON  THE  NEXT, WITH  SPOKELIKE ,,,,=§§$&#
##$§\=,,,, RIBS  RADIATING  OUTWARD.  EVEN SO, IT'S ,,,,=\§$##
#&$$$§\=,, VERY LIGHT,  BEING HOLLOW.  IT'S ROUGHLY ,,=\§$$$&#
###&$§\=,, THE HEIGHT OF A  FOXES  TAIL, AND SHARES ,,=\§$&###
###&$§\=,,            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ,,=\§$&###
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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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