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@#%**===-,                                          ,-===**%#@
#@@#%*==-,                                          ,-==*%#@@#
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#@@#%*==-,               (equisetum)                ,-==*%#@@#
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@@%*=,,,,,                                          ,,,,,=*%@@
#%%==-,,,,         ,-===-, the plant ,-===-,        ,,,,-==%%#
@@@#%*==-,                                          ,-==*%#@@@
@#*=,,,,,, 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.            ,-==***%%#
@#%%%*==-,                                          ,-==*%%%#@
#%%%**==-, it  likes  partial  shade and  very damp ,-==**%%%#
@@@#%*==-,                  areas                   ,-==*%#@@@
#%**=,,,,,                                          ,,,,,=**%#
@#%==-,,,,                                          ,,,,-==%#@
#*=-,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,-=*#
@@@#%*==-,         ,-===-, in magic ,-===-,         ,-==*%#@@@
@@#*==--,,                                          ,,--==*#@@
#*=-,,,,,, 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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