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¨&¨¨&¨¨¨&¨ &&&¨¨¨¨&&&
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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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