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#@&&†^«,,,                                          ,,,«^†&&@#
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#@&&†^«,,,                                          ,,,«^†&&@#
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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.            ,,,,«^†&&@
#@&&†^«,,,                                          ,,,«^†&&@#
##@&&†^«,, it  likes partial  shade  and  very damp ,,«^†&&@##
#@&&†^«,,,                  areas                   ,,,«^†&&@#
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#@&&†^«,,,         ,,«^«,, in magic ,,«^«,,         ,,,«^†&&@#
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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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