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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                (EQUISETUM)               ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,~^§@        ¨,~^~,¨ THE PLANT ¨,~^~,¨         @§^~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~^§@#                                          #@§^~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~^§@## 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.               ##@§^~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~^§@#                                          #@§^~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~^§@ 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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