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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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