.:=/%@@¶##                                          ##¶@@%/=:.
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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 :.........
........:=                  areas                   =:........
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.....:=/%@                                          @%/=:.....
....:=/%@@         .:=/=:. in magic .:=/=:.         @@%/=:....
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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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