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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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¨¨¨¨,«^†§#         ¨,«^«,¨ 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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