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¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†$                                          $†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†                (EQUISETUM)               †~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†                                          †~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†$                                          $†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨-~†$%&                                          &%$†~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-~†$%&¶ 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.               ¶&%$†~-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~†$%&                                          &%$†~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~†$% THE PLANT HAS  A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS %$†~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†$ STACKED UPON THE  NEXT,  WITH  SPOKELIKE $†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~† RIBS  RADIATING  OUTWARD.  EVEN SO, IT'S †~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~ VERY LIGHT, BEING  HOLLOW.  IT'S ROUGHLY ~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨-~†$%                                          %$†~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~†$%& IT  LIKES PARTIAL  SHADE  AND VERY  DAMP &%$†~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-~†$%&¶                   AREAS                  ¶&%$†~-¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨-~†$%&                                          &%$†~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~†$% 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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