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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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@%^\-,,,,,                                          ,,,,,-\^%@
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