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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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