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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.               &&&,,&,,,,
&&,,,&,&&,                                          ,,,&,&&,,,
&,&,,&&&,& 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.         &,,,,&,&,,
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