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,,,,,&&&,, THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER ,,,,,&,,,,
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,,,,,,,&&& 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 ,&&&,,&,&&
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&&&,,,,,,& HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ,,,&,&&,,,
&,&&,,,,,, THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A &,,,,&&&,,
,,&&&,,,,, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND &&,,,&,&&,
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