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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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###@§§†=,, WHEN A COLONY NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH, IT ,,=†§§@###
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§§†††=,,,, 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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