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.,«/*$&@@#               (EQUISETUM)                #@@&$*/«,.
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.,«/*$&@@# THE  EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT  MUCH OLDER #@@&$*/«,.
.,«/*$&@@@ THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH @@@&$*/«,.
.,«/*$&@@# OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT  GREEN #@@&$*/«,.
.,«/*$$$&@ TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY @&$$$*/«,.
.,«/*$&@@#               TRANSPARENT.               #@@&$*/«,.
.,«/*$&@@#                                          #@@&$*/«,.
.,«/***$$& THE PLANT HAS  A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS &$$***/«,.
.,«/*$&@@# STACKED  UPON  THE  NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE #@@&$*/«,.
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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 ##@@&*/«,.
.,«/*$&&@@ SLICES  THE  AIR  IN  THE  FOREST   INTO @@&&$*/«,.
.,«/*$&@@# SEPARATE  PLANES, A  FEW  CENTIMETERS IN #@@&$*/«,.
.,«/*$$$&@ HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED   IN @&$$$*/«,.
.,«/*$&@@@ THESE,  HITTING  EACH  IN   TURN   IN  A @@@&$*/«,.
.,«/**$&@@       SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND      @@&$**/«,.
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