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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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.^-†%§¤### 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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.^-†%§¤### 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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