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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.               ..^-\%£@##
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##@£%\-^.. 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.            ...^-\%£@#
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###@£%\-^. it likes  partial shade  and  very  damp .^-\%£@###
##@£%\-^..                   areas                  ..^-\%£@##
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##@£%\-^..         .^-\-^. in magic .^-\-^.         ..^-\%£@##
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##@£%\-^.. 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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