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¨¨¨¨¨¨~=^%                (EQUISETUM)               %^=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨~=^%%§@# RIBS RADIATING  OUTWARD. EVEN  SO,  IT'S #@§%%^=~¨¨
¨~=^%%§@## VERY  LIGHT, BEING  HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ##@§%%^=~¨
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¨¨¨~=^%%§@            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 %%^=~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~=^%%      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       %%^=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=^%%§          EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.         §%%^=~¨¨¨¨
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