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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 #@@£:::~..
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..~:†£@@@#      slightly different angle, and       #@@@£†:~..
..~:†£@###         eventually spread thin.          ###@£†:~..
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