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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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