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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 ¨¨¨,-*=*¤£
#£¤*=*-,¨¨ 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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=*-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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