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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.          ###¤¤=†«:,
,:«†=¤¤###                                          ###¤¤=†«:,
,,,,:«===¤                                          ¤===«:,,,,
,:«†=¤¤###                                          ###¤¤=†«:,
,:«†=¤¤###                                          ###¤¤=†«:,
,:«†=¤¤###                                          ###¤¤=†«:,