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#@§§=^=^..                                          ..^=^=§§@#
@§§=^=^...                                          ...^=^=§§@
§§=^=^....               (equisetum)                ....^=^=§§
§=^=^.....                                          .....^=^=§
§§=^=^....                                          ....^=^=§§
@§§=^=^...                                          ...^=^=§§@
#@§§=^=^..        .^=^=^. 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.               ....^=^=§§
@§§=^=^...                                          ...^=^=§§@
#@§§=^=^.. 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                  ..^=^=§§@#
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#@§§=^=^..                                          ..^=^=§§@#
@§§=^=^...                                          ...^=^=§§@
§§=^=^....         .^=^=^. 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.         ....^=^=§§
§=^=^.....                                          .....^=^=§
§§=^=^....                                          ....^=^=§§
@§§=^=^...                                          ...^=^=§§@
#@§§=^=^..                                          ..^=^=§§@#
##@§§=^=^.                                          .^=^=§§@##