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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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