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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. ¨¨¨¨&&&&&&
&&&&&&¨¨¨¨ &&&¨¨&&&&&
&&&&&¨¨&&¨ 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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¨¨&&&&&¨¨& 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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