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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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