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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. @##&%§;=..
..=;§%&#@# #@#&%§;=..
.......=§& 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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..=;§%&#@# ..=;=.. 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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