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#@*:~,,,,, (EQUISETUM) ,,,,,~:*@#
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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 ,,,,~:*@##
#@*:~,,,,, 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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