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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 ,:~;*§@###
##@§*;~:,, AREAS ,,:~;*§@##
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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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