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,^~*†¤§£@#                                          #@£§¤†*~^,
,^~**†††§@                (equisetum)               @§†††**~^,
,^~*†¤§£@#                                          #@£§¤†*~^,
,^~*†¤§£@#                                          #@£§¤†*~^,
,,,,^~†¤§£                                          £§¤†~^,,,,
,^~*†¤§£@@        ,^~*~^, 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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