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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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#¤¤¤¤%\=~. 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 .....~\¤¤#
###¤¤%\=~. EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. .~=\%¤¤###
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