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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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