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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 ###&¤*/»^.
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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. ###&¤*/»^.
......^/¤& &¤/^......
....^»**¤¶ IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ¶¤**»^....
.^»*¤&¶### AREAS ###¶&¤*»^.
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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 &*».......
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