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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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##@*§^=-.. 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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