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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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@@=~---... 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 ...-~~==@@
#@@@@==~-. Eventually Spread Thin. .-~==@@@@#
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