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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 ,,,,,,,###
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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 ,,,,,,##,,
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##,,,##,,# 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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