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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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,,,,###,,, 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       ,,#,,#,,#,
###,,#,,#,         eventually spread thin.          ,,,#,,#,,,
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