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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.               ,,,,,,,,:-
=-:,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,:-=
*=-:,,,,,, 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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-:,,,,,,,,         ,:-=-:, 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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