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,,,,,~~;%$ (EQUISETUM) $%;~~,,,,,
,,,,~~;%$£ £$%;~~,,,,
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,,~~;%$£## ##£$%;~~,,
,~~;%$£### ,~~;~~, THE PLANT ,~~;~~, ###£$%;~~,
,,~~;%$£## ##£$%;~~,,
,,,~~;%$£# 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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