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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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