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,-~/*£&@##                                          ##@&£*/~-,
,--~~/£&@#                                          #@&£/~~--,
,,,,~**£@@               (equisetum)                @@£**~,,,,
,-~/*£&@##                                          ##@&£*/~-,
,,,,,~~/£@                                          @£/~~,,,,,
,,,-~**£@#                                          #@£**~-,,,
,-~/*£&@##         ,-~/~-, 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                   ##@&£*/~-,
,-~/*£&&&&                                          &&&&£*/~-,
,-~/*£&@##                                          ##@&£*/~-,
,-~/*£&@##                                          ##@&£*/~-,
,-/*£&@###         ,-~/~-, 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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