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##@§%$/«~,               (EQUISETUM)                ,~«/$%§@##
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§%%/~,,,,,        ,~«/«~, THE PLANT ,~«/«~,         ,,,,,~/%%§
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@§§§%$/«~, THE  EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT  MUCH OLDER ,~«/$%§§§@
#§%/~~~,,, THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ,,,~~~/%§#
##@§%$/«~, OLDER THAN MOST TREES.  IT'S LIGHT GREEN ,~«/$%§@##
#§§%%$/«~, TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ,~«/$%%§§#
@@%$//~~,,               TRANSPARENT.               ,,~~//$%@@
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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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@§§%/«~~,, IT  LIKES  PARTIAL SHADE  AND  VERY DAMP ,,~~«/%§§@
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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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