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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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