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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 ,,«/%%¶###
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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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