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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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$*»-¨¨¨¨¨¨ STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE ¨¨¨¨¨¨-»*$
$$*»-¨¨¨¨¨ RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S ¨¨¨¨¨-»*$$
@$$*»-¨¨¨¨ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ¨¨¨¨-»*$$@
#@$$*»-¨¨¨ THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES ¨¨¨-»*$$@#
##@$$*»-¨¨ A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. ¨¨-»*$$@##
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##@$$*»-¨¨ IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ¨¨-»*$$@##
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$*»-¨¨¨¨¨¨ SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO ¨¨¨¨¨¨-»*$
$$*»-¨¨¨¨¨ SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN ¨¨¨¨¨-»*$$
@$$*»-¨¨¨¨ HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ¨¨¨¨-»*$$@
#@$$*»-¨¨¨ THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ¨¨¨-»*$$@#
##@$$*»-¨¨ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ¨¨-»*$$@##
###@$$*»-¨ EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ¨-»*$$@###
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