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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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