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,-«;^$&&&@ (EQUISETUM) @&&&$^;«-,
,,,,«^$$&@ @&$$^«,,,,
,-«;^$&#@# #@#&$^;«-,
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,,,,,,«^^& ,-«;«-, THE PLANT ,-«;«-, &^^«,,,,,,
,,,,,,«^&& &&^«,,,,,,
,-«;^$&#@# THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER #@#&$^;«-,
,,,,,,-;$& THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH &$;-,,,,,,
,-«;^$&#@# OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN #@#&$^;«-,
,,,,,«^$&@ TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY @&$^«,,,,,
,,,,,,-«^& TRANSPARENT. &^«-,,,,,,
,-«;^$&### ###&$^;«-,
,-«;^$&#@# THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS #@#&$^;«-,
,-«;^$&&&# STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE #&&&$^;«-,
,-«;^$&#@# RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S #@#&$^;«-,
,---««;$&@ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY @&$;««---,
,-«««;^^^& THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES &^^^;«««-,
,-«;^$&##@ A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. @##&$^;«-,
,,,,««;$$& &$$;««,,,,
,-«;^$&### IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ###&$^;«-,
,-«^$&#@## AREAS ##@#&$^«-,
,-«;^$&#@# #@#&$^;«-,
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,-«;^$&### ###&$^;«-,
,-«;^$&#@@ ,-«;«-, IN MAGIC ,-«;«-, @@#&$^;«-,
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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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