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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 ,#,##,,#,,
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#,,#,,#,,, RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD.  EVEN  SO,  IT'S ,,###,,#,#
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###,,,###, 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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