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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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##¶¤@%†-^. 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       ....^††%%¤
¤%†††^....         EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.          ....^†††%¤
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