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¨.«=**&### The Equisetum  Is  A  Plant  Much  Older ###&**=«.¨
¨.«=**&### Than  Ferns,  Which  Are  In  Turn  Much ###&**=«.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨««*&& To  Yellow  In  Color  And  Is  Slightly &&*««¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨..=*& 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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