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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 ,,,,,^-^%%
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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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