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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.               #@§%%†«-¨¨
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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.            †«-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-«†%                                          %†«-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-«†%% IT LIKES  PARTIAL SHADE  AND  VERY  DAMP %%†«-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-«†%%§                  AREAS                   §%%†«-¨¨¨¨
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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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