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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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