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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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=/~,,,,,,,         ,,~/~,, 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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