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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  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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