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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 ......§§§.
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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 ...§..§.§§
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