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#$^^..,,,, (EQUISETUM) ,,,,..^^$#
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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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####$*^«., SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO ,.«^*$####
####$*^«., SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN ,.«^*$####
####$*^«., HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ,.«^*$####
####$*^«., THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ,.«^*$####
#*^«.,,,,, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ,,,,,.«^*#
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