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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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