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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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