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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 ,,,,,~:%§@
#@@@§%:»~, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ,~»:%§@@@#
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