,,,,,,:=*%                                          %*=:,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                (equisetum)               ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,:=                                          =:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=*         ,:=*=:, 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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