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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.               §§,,,§,§§§
,§§,,§§§§§                                          ,§,,§§§,,,
§,§,§,,,,§ 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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