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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.               ###¤&=:=,¨
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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.            ###¤&=:=,¨
¨,=:=&¤###                                          ###¤&=:=,¨
¨¨¨,,====¤ 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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