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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                  areas                   ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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