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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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