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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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¨&&&¨&¨&&& ¨&¨¨&&¨&&&
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