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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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*†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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