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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 ,,^~:%£&@#
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#@&£%:~^,,         EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.          ,,^~:%£&@#
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