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...^-$$$$@               (EQUISETUM)                @$$$$-^...
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.^-†$%@###         .^-†-^. THE PLANT .^-†-^.        ###@%$†-^.
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....^-$@## THE  EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT MUCH  OLDER ##@$-^....
....^-†$@# THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH #@$†-^....
....^-$%@@ OLDER THAN MOST  TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN @@%$-^....
.^-†$%@### TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ###@%$†-^.
.^-†††$$@#               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 #@@$$$†-^.
.^-†$%@###            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ###@%$†-^.
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.^-†$%@### IT  LIKES PARTIAL  SHADE  AND  VERY DAMP ###@%$†-^.
.^-†$$$@@#                  AREAS                   #@@$$$†-^.
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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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