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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 §*§\~^¨¨¨¨
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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 §*§\~^¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨^~\§*§            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 #¶§*§\~^¨¨
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¨¨¨¨^~\§*§      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       §*§\~^¨¨¨¨
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