@£*†~,....                                          ....,~†*£@
¶@£*†~,...                                          ...,~†*£@¶
@¶@£*†~,..                                          ..,~†*£@¶@
#@¶@£*†~,.                                          .,~†*£@¶@#
@¶@£*†~,..                                          ..,~†*£@¶@
¶@£*†~,...               (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                  .......,~†
~,........                                          ........,~
,.........                                          .........,
~,........                                          ........,~
†~,.......         .,~†~,. in magic .,~†~,.         .......,~†
*†~,......                                          ......,~†*
£*†~,..... 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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