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