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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 ,,&&&,,,,,
,,,,&,&&,, 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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