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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 §§%\\----¨
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¨--\*%§§## STACKED UPON  THE NEXT,  WITH  SPOKELIKE ##§§%*\--¨
¨--\*%§### RIBS RADIATING  OUTWARD. EVEN  SO,  IT'S ###§%*\--¨
¨--\*%%§§# VERY LIGHT,  BEING HOLLOW.  IT'S ROUGHLY #§§%%*\--¨
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¨--\*%§###            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ###§%*\--¨
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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       ###§%*\--¨
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