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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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#&&&§%=-,, 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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