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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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#@&&$;»~¨¨ THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS ¨¨~»;$&&@#
##@&&$;»~¨ STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE ¨~»;$&&@##
#@&&$;»~¨¨ RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S ¨¨~»;$&&@#
@&&$;»~¨¨¨ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ¨¨¨~»;$&&@
&&$;»~¨¨¨¨ THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES ¨¨¨¨~»;$&&
&$;»~¨¨¨¨¨ A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. ¨¨¨¨¨~»;$&
$;»~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~»;$
&$;»~¨¨¨¨¨ IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ¨¨¨¨¨~»;$&
&&$;»~¨¨¨¨ AREAS ¨¨¨¨~»;$&&
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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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