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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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