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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       #####,,###
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