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#@#¤$=*=:.                (equisetum)               .:=*=$¤#@#
#@#¤$=*=:.                                          .:=*=$¤#@#
@¤$=*:....                                          ....:*=$¤@
#¤$**::...                                          ...::**$¤#
##@¤$=*=:.        .:=*=:. the plant .:=*=:.         .:=*=$¤@##
#@#¤$=*=:.                                          .:=*=$¤#@#
@@#¤$=*=:. the  equisetum  is a  plant  much  older .:=*=$¤#@@
#¤¤$$=*=:. than  ferns,  which  are  in  turn  much .:=*=$$¤¤#
##@#¤=*=:. 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 ..:=====¤@
@@#¤$=*=:. very light,  being hollow. it's  roughly .:=*=$¤#@@
#@#¤$=*=:. the height of  a foxes  tail, and shares .:=*=$¤#@#
#@#¤$=*=:.            a similar plumage.            .:=*=$¤#@#
¤¤==*=....                                          ....=*==¤¤
#¤$*=:.... it  likes  partial  shade  and very damp ....:=*$¤#
@@#¤$=*=:.                  areas                   .:=*=$¤#@@
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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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