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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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,-«†%%¤### 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 ##¤%%†--,,
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,-«†%%¤###          EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.         ###¤%%†«-,
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