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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 ..-~:*¤¤@#
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#@¤¤*:~-.. 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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