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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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#,,,###,,, 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 #,,#,,#,,,
,,,,,,###,       SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND      ##,,#,,#,,
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