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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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@@#$;~~¨¨¨ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ¨¨¨~~;$#@@
#@@#$;~~¨¨ THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES ¨¨~~;$#@@#
##@@#$;~~¨ A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. ¨~~;$#@@##
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~
;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;
$;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;$
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