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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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##@%;^,,,, 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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