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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 .-~;§§§§§§
@@§§§§;~-. .-~;§§§§@@
@@§§§§;~-. .-~;§§§§@@
@@§;-..... .....-;§@@
§§§§§§;~-. .-~;~-. 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. ....-~§§§§
§§§§§§;~-. .-~;§§§§§§
#@@§§§;~-. .-~;§§§@@#
#@@§§§;~-. .-~;§§§@@#
@§§;;-.... ....-;;§§@
#@@§§§;~-. .-~;§§§@@#