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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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