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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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