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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 #@%~~~....
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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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