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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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@#¤£%*-^,, 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 ,,,,,,^-*%
£%*-^,,,,,      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       ,,,,,^-*%£
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