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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~« STACKED  UPON THE  NEXT, WITH  SPOKELIKE «~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~«:*@ 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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