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,,«/***&££               (equisetum)                ££&***/«,,
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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 ###&%*/«,,
,,,,,//*&£                   areas                  £&*//,,,,,
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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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