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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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*^*»~,,,,, IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ,,,,,~»*^*
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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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