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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 ,&,,&,&&,,
,&,,,,&,,, 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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