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###¤%*=«,,                                          ,,«=*%¤###
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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.            ,,,,==%%%¤
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###¤%*=«,, it  likes  partial  shade and very  damp ,,«=*%¤###
###¤%*=«,,                   areas                  ,,«=*%¤###
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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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