,:~/*@@¶##                                          ##¶@@*/~:,
,,:~/*@@¶#                                          #¶@@*/~:,,
,:~/*@@¶##                                          ##¶@@*/~:,
,,:~/*@@¶#                                          #¶@@*/~:,,
,:~/*@@¶##                                          ##¶@@*/~:,
,,:~/*@@¶#               (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                   #¶@@*/~:,,
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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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