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###§@*:~,. (EQUISETUM) .,~:*@§###
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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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#@@:::,... 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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###§@*:~,. 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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