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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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