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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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#%:~,,,,,, 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 ,,,~:::%##
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