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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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~,,,,,,,,, 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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