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,,,,,~=*^£               (EQUISETUM)                £^*=~,,,,,
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,,,,~=*^£§ 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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,,,,,,,~=* 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      ^*=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~=*^£         EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.          £^*=~,,,,,
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