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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                  ..:~=†§§@#
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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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§§†=~:....                                          ....:~=†§§
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