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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨               (EQUISETUM)                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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†/«,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«/†
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§%†/«,¨¨¨¨ 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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«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT  LIKES PARTIAL  SHADE  AND  VERY DAMP ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  AREAS                   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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