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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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¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨ 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 &¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨
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