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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.               #,#,,#,#,#
#,#,#,#,#,                                          #,#,##,#,,
#,#,#,#,#, 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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