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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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##¨¨##¨#¨# 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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