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,,,~~^%$## ##$%^~~,,,
,,,,~~^%$# #$%^~~,,,,
,,,,,~~^%$ $%^~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~~^% (equisetum) %^~~,,,,,,
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,,,,,,~~^% %^~~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~^%$ $%^~~,,,,,
,,,,~~^%$# ,~~^~~, 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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