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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 ,,,,,&,,,,
,&,,,,,,&, AREAS ,,,,,,&,,,
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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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