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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.               ,-~/^§@###
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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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