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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 .^~^=@@###
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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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